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Company Refusing to Reimburse Expenses from Last Year

I'm in California and went out on medical leave last year. I had a few unsubmitted expense reports for phone and internet (I work remotely and use my personal phone for work). Now that I'm back at work, my management is stating that I cannot be reimbursed for anything from last year (though of course they did not contact me and offer me a way to submit them while on leave before EOY). My understanding is the California law is that expenses must be reimbursed (specifically calling out phone and internet) and it looks like the statute of limitations is three or four years. Does anyone have knowledge of whether this is illegal? It seems like it, but I can't find the timeframe in the code directly (California Labor Code Section 2802). Thanks in advance for any guidance.


I'm in California and went out on medical leave last year. I had a few unsubmitted expense reports for phone and internet (I work remotely and use my personal phone for work). Now that I'm back at work, my management is stating that I cannot be reimbursed for anything from last year (though of course they did not contact me and offer me a way to submit them while on leave before EOY). My understanding is the California law is that expenses must be reimbursed (specifically calling out phone and internet) and it looks like the statute of limitations is three or four years. Does anyone have knowledge of whether this is illegal? It seems like it, but I can't find the timeframe in the code directly (California Labor Code Section 2802). Thanks in advance for any guidance.

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