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significant deviation

Significant deviation is a diversion from the course a traveling employee would naturally follow to further the employer's business.

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significant deviation

Significant deviation is a diversion from the course a traveling employee would naturally follow to further the employer's business.

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A significant deviation takes an employee out of the course of employment and beyond the scope of workers compensation. Minor deviations, such as an employee stopping in a coffee shop for lunch, are not significant and would not take an employee out of the course of employment.