Wow, that’s possibly a can of worms that just got opened up. Could be a lot of spurious lawsuits being filed for this sort of thing. Easy to see why this guy sued – his insurance wouldn’t cover him breaking his back on a spiral staircase. But the precedent could be trouble.
The ruling put some distinctions in place about it – it’s gotta resemble a “commute” (you can’t be anywhere at home and claim any accident at all that happened during work hours), and it has to be a specific location in your house that your company set up as a “workstation”.
Even so, it’s going to raise questions about all the many scenarios that can be thought of where it “might” apply. It’s a messy situation for sure.
Caltra says
I be falling all over the place
the_original_Retro says
Wow, that’s possibly a can of worms that just got opened up. Could be a lot of spurious lawsuits being filed for this sort of thing. Easy to see why this guy sued – his insurance wouldn’t cover him breaking his back on a spiral staircase. But the precedent could be trouble.
The ruling put some distinctions in place about it – it’s gotta resemble a “commute” (you can’t be anywhere at home and claim any accident at all that happened during work hours), and it has to be a specific location in your house that your company set up as a “workstation”.
Even so, it’s going to raise questions about all the many scenarios that can be thought of where it “might” apply. It’s a messy situation for sure.
jstmenow says
So if we have a remote “social” event that includes wine tasting and then I fall….
BismarckKialaPVU says
I would’ve been paid ten times over for being hit in morning traffic, that’s for sure.
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XXevilmarketsXX says
Yea. Fuck this guy.
ReevesDelance102 says
My employer made us sign work-from-home agreements because of insurance. Basically waive any liability.
You mean, others did not think of that?