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VakO 8.5.1981/4520:80 AI generated

Court ruled that a farmer's paid cutting work with a sawmill constitutes an employment relationship under the Workmen's Accident Insurance Act.

Case Number VakO 8.5.1981/4520:80
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
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Outcome Allowed / Granted

Legislator summary

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The court determined that the farmer's relationship with the sawmill operators constituted an employment relationship under the Workmen's Accident Insurance Act. Although the farmer performed cutting work for his own land, he did so for a fee and alongside his own tasks. Consequently, the court allowed the claim for workmen's accident compensation based on the statutory definition of an employment relationship.

Legislator headnote

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Workmen's Accident Insurance Act; Workmen's Accident Insurance Act. An employment relationship exists when a person performs work for a fee, even if the work is done on their own property alongside their own tasks.

Keywords

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Workmen's Accident Insurance Act employment relationship paid work own property sawmill operators compensation claim agricultural work

Cited Legislation

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Workmen's Accident Insurance Act
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Maanviljelijä oli omistamallaan leikkuupuimurilla suorittanut leikkuupuintia omien töittensä ohella tuntimaksua vastaan vieraille ja oli vahingoittunut tällöin peukaloon. Kysymyksessä katsottiin olleen tapaturmavakuutuslain mukainen työsuhde. VI -jaosto