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Wal-Mart Stores11/9/2005
to go to the employee lounge. Appellee's direct supervisor specifically stated that the bakery employees "need to take their break in the break room." Appellee explained that she believed she was required by her employer to go to the break room while on her break, and the Commission accepted her belief as sincere. Additionally, appellee was required to assist customers during her break if assistance was requested. Our supreme court in Collins and Pifer directed this court to focus our attention on what appellant was doing at the time of the injury. The testimony regarding the employee breaks and the lounge provided by the employer for the breaks supports the Commission's finding that appellee was generally required by her employer to go to the employee lounge during her break. See Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Sands, 80 Ark. App. 51, 91 S.W.3d 93 (2002) (holding that an employee injured when she returned to her locker to secure her personal items before returning to work after a break was carrying out Wal-Mart's purpose or advancing Wal-Mart's interests). Consequently, we cannot say that the Commission's decision that the injury occurred within the time and space boundaries of employment when the employee was carrying out the employer's purpose or advancing the employer's interests, directly or indirectly, was in error. Accordingly, we affirm.
Affirmed.
Gladwin and Robbins, JJ., agree.
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