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When is “other duties as assigned” too far?

I usually work in the field but recently started working in the office for “light duty” due to an injury. I was recently assigned to do the job of someone in the office who frankly just doesn’t do her job. My regular responsibilities don’t dictate that I would have to do any of her job responsibilities but this is a unique situation I am in. I’ve started noticing that this one individuals job roles have been pawned off to other coworkers in the field though, not on light duty like I am. Within everyone’s job description we have “other duties as assigned” but some of those responsibilities fall SO far out of our original scope of practice/job. When does “other duties as assigned” go to far and constitute legal action?


I usually work in the field but recently started working in the office for “light duty” due to an injury. I was recently assigned to do the job of someone in the office who frankly just doesn’t do her job. My regular responsibilities don’t dictate that I would have to do any of her job responsibilities but this is a unique situation I am in.

I’ve started noticing that this one individuals job roles have been pawned off to other coworkers in the field though, not on light duty like I am.

Within everyone’s job description we have “other duties as assigned” but some of those responsibilities fall SO far out of our original scope of practice/job. When does “other duties as assigned” go to far and constitute legal action?

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