> Some US states (and my province in Canada) have labour laws where your employer generally cannot require you to pay expenses for equipment necessary to do the

> Some US states (and my province in Canada) have labour laws where your employer generally cannot require you to pay expenses for equipment necessary to do the job. (Someone who brings their equipment to do the job is a contractor, not an employee.) I think you would be shocked at how often this happens. I once had a major Canadian bank try to make me buy a cell phone so they could avoid a minimal monthly charge for one?? HR in Canada is rife with abuse, because they are under no obligation to tell you what the laws actually are. Your ignorance of the laws works to their advantage. See "non disclosure agreements" in Canada for a prime example.