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The New York appellate court held the state's Board erred when it employed a "novel" standard for work-connectedness in determining the compensability of a claim filed by a claims examiner who worked from home. The employee contended he sustained injuries when he attempted to carry newly purchased office equipment upstairs during his lunch break. The Board affirmed a denial of the claim by the WCLJ, but the Third Department appellate court reversed. Finding the Board had utilized a new standard, under which work-at-home injuries would be compensable only if they occurred during regular work hours and while the employee was actively engaged in work duties as opposed, for example, to taking a short break or using the bathroom, the court held the new standard was not only unsupported by precedent, it was inconsistent with the remedial nature of the Workers' Compensation Law.
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See Matter of Capraro v Matrix Absence Mgt., 2020 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6171 (3d Dept., Oct. 22, 2020)
See generally Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, § 16.10.
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