Comments by "Sisu Guillam" (@sisuguillam5109) on "Germany DUNKS ON U.S. Workers Rights" video.

  1. Wait till they find out that, yes, your chair, desk, lamp has to comply with the german version of OSHA when you work from home. And yes, your company will ask you to document that especially if they cover some of the costs for the office furniture (which they usually do).
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  2. Eh? What now? And as this is a case from Germany I do hope you know your way around german Gewerkschaften, how they work, why they work the way they do, and are fully aware that companies have in general no problem whatsoever with people being part of a Union. Oh... and the german Wellfare-system? Established by ultra-konservative Bismarck.
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  3.  @nancymesek  the question is who is going to pay - if it is a workplace accident or and accident while going to work the costs are born not by the system that would cover you outside of your job.
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  4. They misunderstood the payment as compensation when it is not. They are working with an us-american frame of reference that is profoundly different from a german one. The court didn't have to rule on if the worker got money while they recovered (and who would pay in case ther were long term issues) but who. They read this as 'is someone liable' when the question is 'who is liable'.
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  5. Eh? You clearly are misinformed about Weimar. So much so that you can't even spell it.
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  6.  horse Rogan  don't be silly. Cornflakes geraucht, oder was?
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  7. No, that is not a liberal interpretation - it is a factual one. And the insurance doesn't write the language because what is covered is decided on by law-makers.
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  8. What? Having a properly working system that protects workers and companies? How is that nonsense?
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  9. It is not a settlement. Especially not one for an accident due to an unsere workplace. The question was which insurance should cover the accident and the costs for healthcare, earnings, possible long term health issues.
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  10. What? This makes no sense Whatsoever. Everyone working in Germany is insured this way. Everyone. No one is being frivolous. And it is not the company being sued - it is the effing Berufsgenossenschaft that was asked to step up. At least try.
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  11.  @lonniei1606  no, it hasn't. And yes, all the things are evaluated. Never heard of Betriebssicherheit, have you? If someone falls down the stairs at work someone will be tasked with establishing why they fell. Was someone negligent? Did the worker ignore health and safety rules? Will the Berufsgenossenschaft pay or not? All of that is normal. What are you on about?
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  12. You clearly know nothing about Germany. Literally nothing.
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  13.  @MostHigh777  which would prove what? Oh... and where was the Pfizer vaccine developed? Which is actually the BioNTech vaccine distributed by Pfizer. Mainz. Which is where?
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  14. @Ryan Claus which guys?
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  15.  @crunchyfrog555  doesn't it have to comply as soon as you have to work from home instead of want to? Arbeitsrecht and Arbeitsschutzgesetze are so faszinating!
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  16. No one said that the stairs were faulty. He simply slipped an fell. Liability here does not mean 'who is to blame' but simply which insurance is going to cover this. Not if but which one. He is not being compensated - the payments are meant to cover healthcare (especially should issues arise later). And the company is not the one covering the way to work. It is the insurance that covers every person working in Germany. Yes, the company pays into said insurance - an insurance that works completly differently from the system established in the US. And why shouldn't people be insured on their way to work?
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  17.  @andrewbrady6154  you misunderstand how the german system works.
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  18.  @andrewbrady6154  no, mate... it is a standard fee that is not going to go up when someone makes a claim. And it is not a question of 'who is to blame' but which insurance is going to pay... the workplace one or the normal health insurance.
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  19.  horse Rogan  how so?
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  20. Unless you stay at the place you detoured to for a significant time. So stopping at a friends place for several hours? Covered. Stopping at Aldi to buy noodles? Not covered... unless it takes you two hours to buy your noodles.
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  21. Access doesn't have to mean access as a person inspecting your set-up in person. Companies regularily make do with photos.
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  22. This wasn't even about possible safety issues. It was simply a case of Wegeunfall yes or no?
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  23.  @arnodobler1096  not even there.
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  24.  @grandmak.  the good old Berufsgenossenschaft! May she live long and prosper.
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  25. Not how the insurance works. It is a mandatory insurance that doesn't differ from workplace to workplace. Or would differ depending on insurance contracts chosen by the company.
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  26. It is the end of the matter because the question is not if route was safe but was he on route to his workplace. This is not about liability in the sense of 'who is to blame and was someone negligible' but which insurance is going to pay, workplace insurance or another one.
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  27.  @kurtilein3  exactly. As long as you are taking a direct route, without short stops (longer ones are covered to a certain extent) how you get there doesn't matter.
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  28.  @MostHigh777  what exactly do you think 20th century industry is?
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  29.  @chezeus1672  😂
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