Remote Working, Reimbursements

Dear Littler: Are There Limits to Cell Phone Expense Reimbursement?

Littler on 12/12/2024

Dear Littler, Our company has a few employees who work hybrid positions and some who are fully remote in California. We put in place a remote work stipend a few months ago (covering internet, utilities, and other home office...more

The Employer’s Playbook for Managing Remote and Hybrid Workforces

Fisher Phillips on 8/16/2024

The rise of remote work has forced employers to tackle one challenge after another – and now the biggest challenge is effectively managing remote and hybrid workforces for the long term. When the pandemic hit, many employers...more

What’s New in Wireless - August 2024

Mintz - Technology, Communications & Media... on 8/6/2024

The wireless industry has revolutionized the way we connect, from facilitating teleworking, distance learning, and telemedicine to allowing the American public to interact virtually in almost all other aspects of their daily...more

Who Pays for Remote Work Expenses? - Navigating Employer, Employee Responsibilities

Adams & Reese on 2/26/2024

As remote work becomes increasingly prevalent, one crucial aspect that employers and employees must address is the allocation of expenses incurred in a remote work setup. In the evolving landscape of work, the shift towards...more

Dear Littler: Do I really need to reimburse my remote employee’s phone bill, internet, and home office equipment?

Littler on 11/30/2023

We are a small company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that allowed some of our employees to work remotely during the pandemic. When we recently announced our plans to call employees back to home base in Milwaukee, we received...more

CDF Wage and Hour Task Force – Monthly Tips - Recent Developments Raise Questions About Post-Pandemic Voluntary Work-From-Home...

CDF Labor Law LLP on 8/17/2023

Recent developments raise questions about post-pandemic voluntary work-from-home agreements and reimbursements for work-at-home expenses. This is our monthly blog providing California employers with wage and hour compliance...more

Updates on Remote Work Reimbursements

Fox Rothschild LLP on 8/16/2023

With the continued efforts of employers to get employees back to the office in some capacity, the question of what expenses are reimbursable has again become relevant. California Labor Code section 2802 requires employers to...more

California Court of Appeal Holds That Unexpected Work Expenses May Be Reimbursable

Epstein Becker & Green on 8/10/2023

The California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District recently issued its opinion regarding business-related expenses in Thai v. International Business Machines Corporation. The Court found that expenses incurred by...more

California Courts Weighing In re Employees and COVID-19

Lewitt Hackman on 8/2/2023

California courts recently issued two guiding decisions relating to COVID-19: In Thai v. International Business Machines Corp., 2023 Cal. App. LEXIS 526, the Court of Appeal held that a government mandate to work from...more

What’s New in Wireless - August 2023

Mintz - Technology, Communications & Media... on 8/2/2023

The wireless industry has revolutionized the way we connect, from facilitating teleworking, distance learning, and telemedicine to allowing the American public to interact virtually in almost all other aspects of their daily...more

California Appellate Court Holds that Employers Must Reimburse Work-from-Home Expenses During COVID Lockdown

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 7/28/2023

The Court of Appeal of the State of California recently held in Thai v. IBM, A165390, that employers are obligated to reimburse expenses incurred by employees working from home if those expenses are a consequence of the...more

Employer Held Statutorily Obligated to Reimburse Employee's Work-From-Home Expenses

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP on 7/28/2023

In Thai v. International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. No. A165390 (July 11, 2023), the Court of Appeal of the State of California First Appellate District, held that under Labor Code section 2802(a), the employer is required...more

California Employers Had To Reimburse For Stay-At-Home Work

ArentFox Schiff on 7/27/2023

As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in early 2020, state and local governments issued stay-at-home orders. The sudden change to stay-at-home work caught many businesses by surprise, and compelled many employees, who were...more

Employers May Be Liable For Work-From-Home Expenses

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/21/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Court of Appeal found an employer liable under Labor Code section 2802 for employee work-from-home operating expenses, despite Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2020 stay-at-home order, which precluded...more

You're Going to Have to Pay for That: Court Clarifies Employers’ Obligations to Reimburse Remote Employee Expenses

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth on 7/21/2023

During the pandemic, when all non-essential workers were required to work remotely, several questions arose about who should pay for the work-from-home expenses. Earlier this month, the California Court of Appeal determined...more

Reimbursing California Remote Employees' Expenses: Obligation Confirmed

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/18/2023

Reimbursing employees for job-related expenses has become a hot-button issue with so many employees working remotely and even on-site employees communicating with their employers by way of their personal cell phones. The...more

Court of Appeal Clarifies Employers’ Expense Reimbursement Obligations for Pandemic-Related Remote Work

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 7/18/2023

California Labor Code section 2802 (“Section 2802”) requires employers to reimburse employees for “all necessary expenditures or losses” they incur as a “direct consequence of the discharge of … [their] duties, or … [their]...more

California’s Pandemic Stay-at-Home Order Didn’t Excuse Employer’s Obligation to Reimburse Necessary Work-From-Home Expenses

Morgan Lewis on 7/18/2023

The California Court of Appeal held in Thai v. International Business Machines Corp. that even if government-mandated stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic were an intervening cause of employees working from home...more

California Court of Appeal Clarifies Employer’s Obligation to Reimburse Expenses Depends on Whether They Were a Direct Consequence...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/18/2023

On July 11, 2023, the California Court of Appeal in Thai v. IBM held that whether an employer is obligated to reimburse expenses incurred by an employee working from home turns on whether the expenses were a direct...more

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