Are
injuries
that
one
of
your
employees
sustains
as
the
result
of
a
“holiday
trip”
covered
by
Kansas
workers’
comp
laws?
They
are
when
the
“trip”
in
question
happens
in
the
workplace.
Confused?
Read
on.
‘Twas
the
night
before
Christmas
and
all
through
the
plant
...
It’s
Christmas
Eve.
Your
plant
is
shut
down
for
the
holidays.
One
of
your
employees
--
let’s
call
her
Virginia
--
has
waited
until
the
last
minute
to
do
her
holiday
shopping.
Even
though
the
plant
is
closed
to
the
general
public,
your
employees
have
been
told
that
they
can
pick
up
their
final
paycheck
for
the
year
on
December
24
or
wait
until
the
plant
reopens
on
the
27th.
Virginia
needs
money
to
do
her
shopping,
so
she
goes
to
the
plant
to
get
her
check.
Unfortunately
for
her,
as
she’s
leaving
her
manager’s
office,
she
trips
over
a
scale,
falls,
and
injures
herself
severely.
Is
she
entitled
to
make
a
workers’
comp
claim
for
that
“holiday
trip‘?
Getting
Grinchy
No
way
that
could
really
happen,
right?
Wrong,
Reindeer
Breath!
This
exact
situation
was
the
subject
of
a
Kansas
Court
of
Appeals
ruling.
Did
the
court
find
this
“mistletoe
mishap”
covered
by
workers’
comp?
Well,
you
think,
for
an
employee’s
injury
to
be
covered
by
workers’
comp,
it
must
“arise
out
of
and
in
the
course
of”
her
employment.
Virginia
wasn’t
working
when
she
was
injured,
was
she?
And
your
plant
wasn’t
really
even
open,
was
it?
Therefore,
you
merrily
conclude,
her
claim
obviously
isn’t
covered.
Wrong
again,
Elf
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