broken glasses

lcannon · May 2011

A worker in the warehouse wants his personal eye glasses replaced. He said they were broken when hit on the edge of a pallet.

Should the company pay for a new set of glasses?

Sharon McKnight SPHR · May 2011

lcannon,

Your first post! Welcome to the Forum. :welcome:

Regarding your question, I think it depends on what he was doing when they were damaged. How were they broken? Was he wearing them at the time or did he leave them lying in an inappropriate place? I think that if they were damaged through no fault of his own, I would authorize payment for replacement glasses.

Sharon

lcannon · May 2011

Thanks. We will look into the details.

sonny · May 2011

What Sharon said.. .we would most likely pay as long as it was factual as to the occurance. .

mandrews · May 2011

My guess is that since you have warehouse workers, anyone who doesn't already wear glasses is probably provided a set of safety glasses to wear. If the employee broke them conducting his duties and there isn't anything fishy about it, I'd err on the side of safety and replace for him up to the value of a pair of safety glasses you already supply to staff.

broken glasses

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