Labor/Employment
May 12, 2026
The going and coming rule when an employee has a hybrid-work schedule
In Chang v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group, the Court of Appeal held that a physician on a hybrid schedule was not acting within the course and scope of employment when she hit a bicyclist while commuting and stopping for a personal errand, reaffirming that the "going and coming" rule still applies despite remote work unless a clear exception is proven.
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An employee works under a hybrid work arrangement, splitting time between the office and remote work from home. On a day she is scheduled to be in the office, she begins her commute and stops at a dry cleaner on the way; while entering the shopping center she collides with a bicyclist.
The bicyclist sues her employer, arguing she was acting within the course and scope of her employment because the hybrid schedule blurred the line between home and office...
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