![]() In short, the Board dialed back some of the more relaxed rules for compensability of injuries sustained by employees in work-from-home positions. ![]() Although recently expanded in response to COVID-19, work-from-home positions are not a unique concept and were recently addressed by the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board in the Mandatory Full Board Memorandum of Decision of Matter of Matrix Absence Management, WCB # G195 3353 (May 3, 2019). ![]() With corporate offices physically closing and countless employees now working from home due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many New York employers are wondering how the more lenient workers’ compensation laws will be applied to claims if an employee is injured while working in his or her home rather than in the traditional workplace.
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