Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 12/22/2022

Subject: According to the Court, ‘special corrective appliances’ provided for in Directive 90/270/EEC on the minimum safety and health requirements for work with display screen equipment, include spectacles aimed specifically at the correction and prevention of visual difficulties relating to work involving display screen equipment. Moreover, those ‘special corrective appliances’ are not limited to appliances used exclusively for professional purposes. The Court affirmed that the employer’s obligation to provide the workers concerned with a special corrective appliance, may be met by the direct provision of the appliance to the worker by the employer or by reimbursement of the necessary expenses incurred by the worker, but not by the payment of a general salary supplement to the worker

Parties: Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări (Acquisition de lunettes par un travailleur)

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 31 Working conditions: healthy - Working conditions: safe

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