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December 17, 2021 10 mins

*****BREAKING NEWS!!!******

Your (sort of) regularly scheduled episode of The Busyness Paradox has been postponed so that we can bring you coverage of a stunning development unfolding in Germany. Just moments ago, we learned that, 8 days ago, a German court single-handedly raised the bar for paradoxical workplace...stuff. In its landmark ruling, the Bundessozialgericht ruled that injuries sustained during an employee's morning commute from his bed to his desk constitute a workplace injury because he - crucially - did NOT eat breakfast before falling down the stairs. Join us as we tackle the question on everyone's mind ("huh?") and come to terms with the fact that we're officially a top 50 podcast.*

* In the business management category**
** In Saudi Arabia

Links to stuff mentioned in this episode:

00:12 - Fall on walk from bed to desk is workplace accident, German court rules

02:25 - Man gets $45K severance package after declaring job "too boring" (Busyness Paradox Episode 28: Boring Job Burnout)

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