Blog and Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. As long as you are within the “course and scope” of your employment, you are covered by workers’ compensation insurance. For example: A client fell while working remotely and injured her leg while having lunch at home, because she was still within “the course and scope” of her employment, and she would normally take lunch at that time, this was considered to be a work related injury. The law provides that as long as you have not “abandoned: your employment, and are doing things completely unrelated to work, you are still covered. Another client was living in Pennsylvania, but spent several days a month working in another State where she had a company apartment. One day, while leaving her company apartment, she slipped on some ice and fell down the stairs, injuring her back and leg. We argued that because she had to use the company apartment while working for the employer in that state, she would be covered by workers’ compensation. A Workers’ Compensation Judge awarded her both wage loss and medical benefits as a result of our representation.