Re: Supplies required by employer of part-time hourly person

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On 3/12/06, S. Mitchell wrote:
> Does an employer have the right in California to require
> part-time hourly employees to provide certain "tools of
> the trade" for himself when he is on the job. One
> hardware store is called its part-time and full-time
> employees in and gave them a list of tools-of-the-trade
> that they must carry while on the job: i.e., Pen, Tape
> Measure, Notepad, Keys(they will provide) to locked cases,
> Radio and earpiece, Calculator, Nametag ---no exceptions.
> They will provide, even though they do not specifically
> say this only the Keys, Radio/earpiece, Nametag. The rest
> is to be carried and provided by the employee. Is this
> requirement legal? Part time employees are those that
> work 32/hr/week - Sunday through Wednesday. Seems like a
> lot to ask an employee to purchase just to work there.
> Pay is 8.00/hr. No even pens to write orders with are
> furnished. Curious if they can get away with this.
> Respond to gcscmitchell@sbcglobal.net

Yes, it is perfectly legal for an employer to require this.