California court rules that employers must reimburse employee work related use of personal cellphones

Do you use your mobile phone on the job? Does your company provide you with a device or do you work in a BYOD (bring your own device) environment? If the latter, are you reimbursed for any part, or all, of your mobile phone expenses?



In the case of Cochran v. Schwan’s Home Service, a Court of Appeals has ruled that employers are liable to reimburse such expenses as part of the state’s Labor Code.



How much needs to be reimbursed? The court only states, “a reasonable percentage” of the cell phone bill should be compensated for work-related activities on the phone, whether it is phone ...



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