Liability of employer for damage resulting from occupational injuries and illnesses

Employer's liability for occupational accidents and diseases The purpose of my thesis is to analyze contemporary legal regulation of employer's liability for occupational accidents and diseases in comparison with its former regulation in labour code from 1965. The thesis is composed of seven chapters. Chapter one is introductory with focus on liability for damage in labour law. In the beginning of this chapter the thesis deals with the division of liability for damage into employer's and employee's liability. The first subchapter brings a brief characterization of contemporary legal regulation of employer's liability for occupational accidents and diseases. The second subchapter concerns with mutual relationship between civil code and labour code and the use of civil code in labour law. In the chapter two, you can find a description of terms occupational accident, damage and causality between occupational accident and damage, which are necessary preconditions of employer's liability for occupational accident. Subsequent chapter is about employer's liability for occupational diseases and is subdivided into three parts. Part one gives an account of term occupational disease. Second part focuses on the list of occupational diseases and the third gives an attention to special institute of endargement by..