Whats the case?
However, the company tried to disband a lawsuit, brought by one of the senior software Engineers, asking to refund their workers for electricity and internet bills during work from home during the pandemic.
The law said, ‘An employer shall indemnify his or her employee for all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by the employee in direct consequence of the discharge of his or her duties, or of his or her obedience to the directions of the employer’.
Additionally, Williams assumes that the company should also pay for other expenses that happened due to WFH at their homes along with the bills.
Moreover, William sued the company on behalf of himself with other 4,000 employees employed in California across 12 locations.
While arguing, he mentioned that these costs will range from $50 to $100 per month from the time they started WFH due to Coronavirus.
The Jury’s words –
‘What matters is whether Williams incurred those expenses ‘in direct consequence of the discharge of his or her duties, or of his or her obedience to the directions of the employer’, Judge Vince Chhabaria stated.
Whereas, he also provided 14 days to get a revised complaint to Williams legal team.
On this matter, Elon Musk – the world’s wealthiest man also wrote down his view point :
The press always plays along with the class-action law firms, who are the real plaintiffs, not the puppets they find to masquerade as such. Why is this?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 4, 2022
