In one of its latest rulings, the European Court of Justice notes that โspecial corrective appliancesโ mentioned by the ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ 90/270/๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต include spectacles aimed specifically at the correction and prevention of visual difficulties relating to work involving display screen equipment. Moreover, those โspecial corrective appliancesโ are not limited to appliances used exclusively for professional purposes.
The Court further notes that employerโs 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.
Read the full court decision here.
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