Craig Ackermann News Today

IBM workers have won a court victory in their battle with the tech giant over work-from-home expenses incurred by "stay at home" orders during the pandemic, according to the Los Angeles Times.

IBM failed to properly cover work-from-home expenses incurred by employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, a state appellate court found.

LOS ANGELES — IBM failed to properly cover work-from-home expenses incurred by employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, a state appellate court ruled, potentially creating a legal pathway for similar action

US District Judge Vincent Chhabria in San Francisco said plaintiff David Williams, a California-based Amazon engineer, failed to show the nearly 7,000 employees had enough in common...

Workers are seeking reimbursements for work-related costs at home, and so far Amazon is standing its ground.

Proposed class action over remote costs fails

On a bright pre-Passover spring afternoon at Chabad of North Hollywood, there stood the 50 happiest children in the neighborhood. 

As many white-collar employees enter a third year of working from home, lawsuits demanding reimbursement for home-office expenses are on the rise.

There has been a rise in employee lawsuits demanding reimbursement for extra expenses triggered by remote work, such as Internet, printing or temperature regulation costs which could amount to as much as $5,000 a year.

Amazon.com Inc is facing a lawsuit in California accusing it of violating state law by not reimbursing employees who were required to work from home during the Covid-19 pandemic for internet, cell phone and other home office expenses. Amazon employee David Williams claims in the lawsuit that he and other workers used their personal phones and home internet and electricity...