Many employees are not aware that they are entitled to recover reimbursement for cell phone, data plan, computer and work-related travel expenses. California’s Labor Code § 2802 provides that your employer must reimburse you for regularly incurred, reasonable expenses related to the performance of your job duties.
Examples of work-related personal cell phone use may include situations where your employer regularly calls or text messages you regarding work-related communications during or after your normal working hours or requires you to download an app on your personal cell phone to enable group or other work-related communications. This could also include using your personal cell phone to communicate with clients or customers either on or off the clock.
California law also requires employers to provide travel time and mileage compensation to employees for work-related travel. This does not include traveling to your regular work location, but may include traveling to meetings at a location other than your regular store, running errands, or picking up inventory at different store locations.