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At what point should an employer pay for their employee's cell phone usage?
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Caty,
I think when you expect an employee to be "connected" or available almost 24/7 like for executives, IT and Emergency response personel, etc it onlly makes sense for you to either provide them tith a company phone or PDA or aN "allowance".
Alternatively if someone is using their phone for work on a more periodic basis you can reimburse for calls.I find that a pain. I also don't want accounting sifting through my calls on my cell and didn't want to carry two phones when I had my last coprporate gig. I provided an allowance to employees of a flat amount. If they wanted additional features they were free to "upgrade" at their own expense.
Spot on, Mark. I have found the allowance route to be the most effective. Providing phones and service sort of opens the door of misuse, while (reasonable) allowances yield a tendency toward caution, to stay close to the allowance limits.
The allowance is tied to the position, and the requirements thereof. As Mark said, emergency response folks, certain IT personnel, etc need to be available, and that has become the responsibility of companies to a certain extent.
Also, if a manager want to keep a digital leash around their employees every moment, it becomes the manager's imperative to pay for the collar.
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