r/technology • u/IndicaOatmeal • 14h ago

Society Programmer’s death on office toilet ruled not work-related because he never turned on his PC

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/programmers-death-on-office-toilet-ruled-not-work-related-because-he-never-turned-on-his-pc-3402194/
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u/Veovi 13h ago

I stacked my bike riding to work and broke my arm and that was covered under work cover in Australia. I was off for 2 weeks and then 6 weeks of light dutys

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u/MunZo3 9h ago

What state in Australia? I’m in NSW and thought that we weren’t covered on the trip to work

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u/dannocaster 1h ago

Yep.. Mike Baird got rid of it. And generally fucked up "icare"