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Course of Employment

A legal test for whether an injury happened while the worker was doing their job.

Course of Employment (COE) is part of the compensability standard, asking whether the injury occurred while the employee was engaged in work duties, at the workplace, and during working hours. It is typically paired with the arising-out-of-employment test.

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