Employer´s Liability for Damage

This bachelor's thesis goes into an employer's responsibility for damage. The goal is to show, in a concrete instance, further possibilities employers have when dealing with a loss event. A workplace injury was chosen for this thesis. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part defines the area of prevention, which includes risk assessment, provision of personal protective equipment, training in the field of health and safety at work, safe work environment or regular checks on workplaces. Furthermore, the responsibility of an employee and an employer for damage under the Labour Code is specified. In this part, two selected areas of labour law in the Czech Republic and Slovakia are compared. The practical part shows the procedure of dealing with a workplace injury in a selected company. This procedure is compared with the law. Further possibilities employers have when dealing with a workplace injury are shown, and sanctions imposed on the employer in the event that it fails to meet its legal obligations are listed. Workplace injury statistics in a selected company and in the Czech Republic are outlined