Payment for Ambulance Call for the Company
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Question
Hello! I worked in a kindergarten, and one of the employees lost consciousness. We called to order an ambulance, and while the dispatcher was on the line, the employee gradually regained consciousness, and we told her that we were calling an ambulance. She said, "No, don't call." The ambulance arrived and told her that her condition did not require hospitalization, but she could decide if she wanted to go to the hospital or not, and she chose to go to the hospital. The question is: First, from us, the employees who called, they did not demand payment for the ambulance call. Do we need to pay MADA for the call (if they did not demand payment from the employee who went to the hospital)? Second, it might be that from us, the employees, they did not demand payment but demanded from the employee who went to the hospital. Do we need to pay her for the ambulance call? Since her condition did not require an ambulance call, and she told us not to call. I would appreciate an answer, thank you very much! It should be noted that I know the head teacher who was responsible for the shift and was present in the kindergarten did not inform the kindergarten management about what happened, so it doesn't seem to me that the employee was paid for the ambulance call.
Answer
Since you did what you were supposed to do to prevent any danger, you did not need to consider what she said, and certainly, you are not obligated to pay.
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