Work injury and occupational disease

The aim of the thesis is to give a comprehensive view on the issue of occupational accidents and occupational diseases. The work uses the descriptive method, the method of analysis and the comparative method. The entire text is structured into chapters and subchapters. The main focus is on the work with the judicial decisions that are closer discussed and analyzed. The work defines the basic concepts of occupational accidents and related occupational diseases, such as an accident at work, occupational disease, pain or social impairment, discusses the conditions of employer liability for damage at work accidents and occupational diseases, the possibility of exemption the employer for damage and employers liability insurance for damage. The greatest attention in the thesis is paid to types of compensation related to accidents at work and occupational diseases provided to injured employees or bereaved persons. Neglected is not even forthcoming amendment to Act no. 262/2006 Coll., the labor code and long-delayed law no. 266/2006 Sb., of casualty insurance employees