Walking from your bed to home office now counts as commuting in Germany
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A man who slipped down the stairs and broke his back while walking from his bed to home office can file a claim on his employer's insurance after a court in Germany ruled that he was commuting at the time.
The ruling by Germany's federal social court came after two lower courts disagreed over whether the journey of a few feet qualified as a commute.
The man, an area sales manager working for a company identified only as "R-GmbH" was on his way to work "from his bedroom to his home office one floor below," when he slipped and fractured a vertebra, according to a statement issued by the court on Wednesday.
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