Going-and-coming rule
A workers' compensation doctrine that generally treats an ordinary commute to or from a fixed workplace as outside the course of employment, subject to state-specific exceptions.
The going-and-coming rule concerns whether an injury during travel is sufficiently work-related for workers' compensation. A common formulation excludes the ordinary commute to and from a fixed place of employment.
Pennsylvania's Bureau of Workers' Compensation has summarized exceptions recognized in that state, including employer-provided transportation arrangements, no fixed workplace, special missions, and circumstances furthering the employer's business. Other states use their own statutes and case law, so the exceptions are not nationally uniform.
Where this definition comes from
Glossary entries are anchored to a state agency, statute, board, commission, or recognized workers' compensation authority rather than a generalized summary.
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