workers' comp. question

skrat · November 28, 2006

My wife is filing a workers’ comp. suit against her company because she got a bad case of mouse wrist from their negligence of ergonomics. They bought her Dragon Naturally Speaking ( http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/ ) at work, but she still does about an hour of work a day from home, and I think they should legally be required to provide her with it at home if she’s working. Anyone know if that’s true? We live in California.

Dragon Slayer · November 28, 2006

My wife is filing a workers’ comp. suit against her company because she got a bad case of mouse wrist from their negligence of ergonomics. They bought her Dragon Naturally Speaking ( http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/ ) at work, but she still does about an hour of work a day from home, and I think they should legally be required to provide her with it at home if she’s working. Anyone know if that’s true? We live in California.

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Do they orovide her with a computer at home? Or does she just do some work at home just because she wants to not because they make her? If they don't require her to do work at home then they should not have to furnish one.. IMO

Wingnut · November 29, 2006

Get a different kind of mouse.

I use 3 different kinds on several different computers to mix it up, and don't have any issues. I've been working on computers (typing and such) for 20 years.

skrat · November 30, 2006

Do they orovide her with a computer at home? Or does she just do some work at home just because she wants to not because they make her? If they don't require her to do work at home then they should not have to furnish one.. IMO

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The computer at home she bought, but she deducted it. And she is required to work from home. But I just realized you can install Dragon on two computers. *doh* So that takes care of that.

And wingnut - you are lucky. Believe me, everything else was tried. Some people's physiology is just more resilient than others.