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Litigating Workplace Injuries in a Virtual Office

America's workplace increasingly involves a virtual office. The injuries suffered by those so-called virtual workers are similar to workplace injuries suffered by workers in the traditional work place. However, the Internet has broadened the definition of the "workplace," and thus broadened the definition of the workplace for purposes of litigating workplace injuries and changing the nature of evidence of such injuries.

20 minute read November 30, 2014 at 11:00 PM
By
Jonathan Bick
Litigating Workplace Injuries in a Virtual Office

America's workplace increasingly involves a virtual office. Many workers spend the bulk of their days working “on” the Internet. The injuries suffered by those so-called virtual workers are similar to workplace injuries suffered by workers in the traditional work place.

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