Is it legal for employees to be charged for materials required to complete work
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Is it legal for employees to be charged for materials required to complete work
Is it legal for my employer to charge
me for materials required to complete
work or for me to have to pay for
materials the job requires such as
concrete to correctly install mount or
a particular type of splitters that are
approved
Asked on January 4, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Tennessee
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
It is legal as long as you told about it before you began the work requiring those materials. The law allows employers to require employees to provide their own supplies, vehicles, tools, uniforms or protective clothing, and materials, but the employee must have advance notice of it, so that an employee who does not wish to do this can quit or resign before incurring the charge. (Providing own materials can be made a term or condition or requirement of the job.)
The employer may not retroactively or after the fact require you to this.
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