Injured At Home

CHERYL WILKE CO-AUTHORS CLM MAGAZINE ARTICLE ON WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REMOTE WORK ARRANGEMENTS

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (September 14, 2023) – Fort Lauderdale Co-Managing Partner Cheryl Wilke recently co-authored an article for Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) Magazine, titled "Injured at Home," which discusses workers' compensation claims in the context of remote work arrangements.

Ms. Wilke and her co-author, a director of risk management at Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, open the article by outlining various remote work models that employers have adopted since the COVID-19 pandemic. They point out that the flexible hybrid arrangement – in which employees work remotely on some days and in the office on others – has become the most common model. The authors go on to describe issues that risk managers must consider with respect to employees' office and home workspaces, noting that an employee's home "is now likely considered a work