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Using a cell phone for work purposes is part of the job itself, it's work; driving to your place of employment isn't.

jfidosa9 12y ago
Wearing a uniform is part of the job, but your employer is not required to pay for it. Pizza chains aren't required to reimburse their delivery drivers for mileage. Explain.
- tehmaco 12y ago
  I can only speak for the UK here, but commuting to work is your expense, as when you apply for a job, you know where the offices are, if it's going to cost you significant time/money to commute, you need to make a decision on whether the salary is enough before accepting the job. If you're required to drive anywhere as part of your work, mileage is paid by the company. Our sales force have a geographic area they cover, if they live outside it, mileage to get there isn't covered by the company, but once inside their area it is. I'm not sure if it's the law, but I've not heard of anywhere that doesn't do very similar to this. Same with phones, or additional travel (i.e. to a different work site), they're either paid in advance by the company, or expensed back to them by the employee.
- dragonwriter 12y ago
  > Wearing a uniform is part of the job, but your employer is not required to pay for it. Under federal law, for FLSA non-exempt employees, if the employer chooses to have the employee pay for uniforms, the additional cost cannot reduce the employees effective pay below minimum wage, so, in effect, the employer is required to pay. [1] Under California law, it is more straightforward -- the employer is required to pay for mandatory uniforms, period. [2] And, in fact, for "all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by the employee in direct consequence of the discharge of his or her duties, or of his or her obedience to the directions of the employer". [3] > Pizza chains aren't required to reimburse their delivery drivers for mileage. They are in California (under the same law cited above.) [1] http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs16.htm http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs16.htm [2] http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/faq_deductions.htm http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/faq_deductions.htm [3] http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&sectionNum=2802 http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection....
- atlantic 12y ago
  Please tell me where this happens, and I'll do my best to explain. Last I heard, this kind of expense is always covered by your employer.

Wearing a uniform is part of the job, but your employer is not required to pay for it. Pizza chains aren't required to reimburse their delivery drivers for mileage. Explain.

tehmaco 12y ago
I can only speak for the UK here, but commuting to work is your expense, as when you apply for a job, you know where the offices are, if it's going to cost you significant time/money to commute, you need to make a decision on whether the salary is enough before accepting the job. If you're required to drive anywhere as part of your work, mileage is paid by the company. Our sales force have a geographic area they cover, if they live outside it, mileage to get there isn't covered by the company, but once inside their area it is. I'm not sure if it's the law, but I've not heard of anywhere that doesn't do very similar to this. Same with phones, or additional travel (i.e. to a different work site), they're either paid in advance by the company, or expensed back to them by the employee.
dragonwriter 12y ago
> Wearing a uniform is part of the job, but your employer is not required to pay for it. Under federal law, for FLSA non-exempt employees, if the employer chooses to have the employee pay for uniforms, the additional cost cannot reduce the employees effective pay below minimum wage, so, in effect, the employer is required to pay. [1] Under California law, it is more straightforward -- the employer is required to pay for mandatory uniforms, period. [2] And, in fact, for "all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by the employee in direct consequence of the discharge of his or her duties, or of his or her obedience to the directions of the employer". [3] > Pizza chains aren't required to reimburse their delivery drivers for mileage. They are in California (under the same law cited above.) [1] http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs16.htm http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs16.htm [2] http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/faq_deductions.htm http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/faq_deductions.htm [3] http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&sectionNum=2802 http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection....
atlantic 12y ago
Please tell me where this happens, and I'll do my best to explain. Last I heard, this kind of expense is always covered by your employer.