She wanted to have her employer fully cover her work stoppage, but the courts ruled against her.
A woman was rejected by the Paris administrative court when she requested reclassification as a work accident for an accident that occurred at her home during teleworking training.
This woman had asked the courts to decide after breaking several toes on March 22, 2021. She was at that time at home, where she was undergoing training in teleworking in a professional context, as an employee of the town hall of Paris.
For justice, the accident is not “related to the duties” of the employee
“Shortly before the resumption of her training after the 10 a.m. break, while she was opening her closet to put on her shoes, her ironing board fell on her right foot,” specifies the judgment rendered by the court.
It was this accident that caused his fracture.
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After the city of Paris and the mayor, Anne Hidalgo, refused by a decision of July 12, 2021 to classify the facts as a work accident, the Paris administrative court rendered a similar judgment on November 9, 2023. In fact, it was reminded by the courts that "if it appears from the documents in the file that this accident took place during the time of the applicant's service, the circumstances of this accident cannot be considered as constituting the normal extension or falling within the scope of the exercise of his functions”.
It was held that the accident was in the nature of an “event detachable from the service”.