Question Details: I would like to know: 1)What happens if you are ijured while you are taking a shower at your place while preparing to go to work. 2)What if you recieve a call that your child is sick and given permission at work to attend to him/her.
You do not indicate what state you are in, but my guess is that except in special circumstances, no state is going to allow for workers' compensation benefits if you injure yourself in your own shower at your own residence while getting ready to go to work. Generally speaking, the employee must be in the course of employment at the time of the injury. While the meaning of "course of employment" can often involve variations on the easy scenario, ie, injured at work at the factory on the premises of the employer while assembling widgets, the situation you describe, on its face, does not appear to provide any leeway for interpretation.

Are you a lawyer?
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