An Injury That Occurs While an Employee Is Commuting to or from Work

question 97

True/False

An injury that occurs while an employee is commuting to or from work is usually not considered to have occurred on the job or in the course of employment and hence is not covered by workers' compensation law.

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Definitions:

Firms

Businesses or organizations that produce goods or provide services, typically with the objective of making a profit.

Industry

A category of economic activity related to the production of goods, provision of services, or extraction of resources.

Cutthroat Competition

A market situation characterized by aggressive competition, where companies compete intensely, often at the expense of profit margins.

Covert Collusion

An agreement among competitors to limit competition and fix prices or output levels, done secretly to avoid detection by regulatory authorities.