Do you have to pay for employees work clothes?
Although the Fair Labor Standards Act does not require employers to pay for their employees’ work clothing, the Act states that they must pay for personal clothing and equipment required to comply with the federal work safety regulations. What do the Minimum Wage Laws say on the issue?
Who is responsible for cleaning contaminated work clothes?
Second, when an employer opts to use a commercial laundry to clean protective work clothes contaminated with lead, the employer is required to inform the laundry in writing of the potentially harmful effects of exposure to lead per 1910.1025 (g) (2) (vi).
Do you have to pay for your employees uniforms?
In addition, federal law states that employers, who require non-OSHA mandated uniforms, are not required to pay for them if they compensate their employees adequately. Federal law, though, does state that employers have to pay for their employees’ personal protective equipment, or “PPE.” Note that California law treats the issue a bit differently.
Can a company claim tax exemption on staff clothing?
In addition to companies being able to claim tax exemption on staff uniforms and protective clothing, employees are also eligible for a tax deduction or refund under the right circumstances.
Do you have to treat employer-provided work clothes as income?
Will we have to treat the value of that uniform as income for tax purposes? The clothes will carry our company logo, and there will be a strict rule prohibiting employees from wearing those clothes when they are not working or traveling to and from work.
Can a company make you clean shaven for a job?
For example, a policy that requires male employees to be clean shaven might have a disproportionately negative effect on African American employees, who are more likely to have a skin sensitivity to shaving. In this situation, the employer must be able to show that its requirement is related to the job and consistent with business necessity.
Do you have to clean the toilet if you have a job?
If so, then you’ve just been assigned the duty of cleaning toilets. Does your contract or job description specifically state that your duties do not include cleaning toilets? If your contract or job description forbids it, then you don’t have to do it. In fact, you’re forbidden by written documents from cleaning toilets.
Can a company tell you what to wear to work?
Your employer can create a restrictive dress code, as long as it doesn’t discriminate based on a protected class. Does your employer have the right to tell you what you can or can’t wear to work? The answer depends on whether your company’s dress code violates state or federal laws prohibiting discrimination.