Workplace accident during car repair does not break the commute path regardless of location ownership.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court quashed the lower court's dismissal of the claim, ordering a retrial. The employee argued that repairing his own car did not interrupt his commute to work, even though the accident occurred on a parking lot outside the factory grounds. The court held that the commute path is not broken by personal vehicle repairs and that the accident location's ownership is irrelevant to the legal definition of a commute accident.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 41 ust. 1 ustawy o świadczeniach z tytułu wypadków przy pracy i chorób zawodowych; § 14 ust. 1 rozporządzenia Ministra Pracy z dnia 17 października 1975 r.: A work commute accident is not interrupted by the employee's personal repair of their own vehicle, regardless of whether the incident occurred on factory premises or outside.