Occupational disease

In the judgment of April 9, 2024, the Provincial Administrative Court in Kraków (III SA/Kr 1750/23) recalled that the concept of „occupational disease” is therefore a legal concept with a statutory definition. The above-mentioned provision states that in order to recognize a disease as an occupational disease, it is necessary for the diagnosed disease to be included in the list of occupational diseases and for there to be a cause-and-effect relationship between the symptoms of the disease and the conditions in which the employee performed work, established unquestionably or with a high probability. Therefore, an occupational disease as a legal concept refers to an illness that has a cause-and-effect relationship with the work performed.