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Re:CA employers must reimburse remote workers for all necess... by n2d4 on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:01AM (#38085911)
But if you come to the office, they will have to pay that too. Electricity and internet is not free, even in offices.

After all, the whole point of this decision is to equalise the "windfall", as the article says.

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Re:CA employers must reimburse remote workers for all necess... by jsight on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:13AM (#38086073)
If they already have an office, the marginal cost of electricity and internet is not likely to be as high as the employee's home internet cost.
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Re:CA employers must reimburse remote workers for all necess... by n2d4 on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @03:04PM (#38089808)
Per the article, they only to pay a fraction of the employee's home internet cost
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