No, teachers and employers are not liable for masks

Even if this claim is currently being widely shared by the so-called lateral thinkers on Facebook.

Regarding a video interview shared on Facebook, several Facebook posts say: Since November 9th, teachers and employers have been able to hold themselves liable for inadequate masks on students and employees. But that is wrong.

Nevertheless, the video spread quickly on Facebook. It has been shared over a thousand times in various versions There is usually a link to a YouTube video of the interview from November 8th, which already has over 240,000 clicks. In addition, other social media registers are being pulled: According to AFP, the false report is also circulating on Telegram , Twitter and Instagram.

The story is supposedly based on new mask guidelines from the German Statutory Accident Insurance (DGUV), for which there is also a specific document from the DGUV. But as the AFP already noted: That document does not come from the DGUV nor do there any recommendations for such liability.

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DGUV is used for allegations

The starting point for this false report is a video interview with the lawyer and lateral thinker activist Ralf Ludwig. It shows him at the anti-corona demo on November 7th in Leipzig, where tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the federal government's partial lockdown.

In the interview, Ludwig claims that the DGUV recommends removing the mask after two hours, and continues: “That means that occupational health and safety regulations have been violated for weeks and the German Statutory Accident Insurance has now confirmed this. She put out a letter that was put together very quickly.”

According to the AFP, Ludwig further claims that this letter could lead to a “liability” of schools and employers. They would actually be obliged to offer medical examinations and would be liable “if something happens to the mask…automatically.”

False report exposed: teachers and employers are not liable

When asked by AFP, DGUV spokeswoman Elke Biesel explains: “There is no such paper from our side. The gentleman's statement is not correct and at no point have we confirmed any kind of 'liability' in the sense of occupational safety law.” Nevertheless, the DGUV had to reassure numerous callers after the false letter was announced.

What the DGUV gives is simply a recommendation for a limited wearing time. However, this has existed since May 2020. Biesel also explains that nothing has changed in the recommendation since May, and there is still no legal binding.

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The DGUV now wants to legal action against those responsible for the false report. In fact, Ludwig never directly says in the interview that the letter comes from the DGUV; he himself remains unclear about the origin of the paper. This false information is subsequently added by Facebook users.

The claim that teachers and employers are liable for damage to masks has no legal basis, as the president of the association and specialist lawyer for labor law, Michael Henn, explains to AFP . After all, it is not they who decide on the general mask requirement, but the state: “If so, then one would have to claim state liability for the mask requirement as such. “Headmasters and teachers themselves are not liable,” says Henn.

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