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An employee experiments in his free time with making illegal fireworks. Mixing gunpowder goes badly wrong. The employee blows up his hand and is no longer able to work. The employer stops paying wages, because he feels his employee caused his own incapacity for work. Does the employer have a point, or must he continue paying wages? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It is of course not smart to experiment with illegal fireworks in the shed. In this case the employee was seriously injured and was unable to work for the time being. But it also caused a conflict with the employer. It felt unfair to the employer that he had to keep paying wages while the employee had committed such a foolish act. The employee disagreed and went to court.<\/span><\/p>\n

The law states that the employer must continue paying wages in the event of incapacity for work, unless the employee intentionally caused his own incapacity for work. How is this interpreted? Is experimenting with illegal fireworks so dangerous that it is effectively the same as intent? And does that then also apply to reckless motorcycling or off-piste skiing?<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though it may feel unjust to the employer, the court must follow the law. In court, the employee stated that his intention was to make fireworks. Of course he did not want to injure his hand! There was therefore no intent, and thus no reason to stop paying wages, the court ruled. The employer may only stop paying wages if the employee intended to become sick\/incapacitated for work. That is of course almost never the case. <\/span><\/p>\n

In this case the employer had to continue paying wages and therefore still had to pay the salary. The employer also had to bear the costs of the proceedings. So stopping the wages ended up being expensive for him.<\/span><\/p>\n

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