Hey everyone,
Had a question as I just started a new position that has an on call rotation. My manager told me that any WFM equipment is on the employee to provide, however this on call is mandatory. The HR documents I've found don't have anything related to on call specifically but say that if an employee is required to WFM equipment will be provided for them.
I've worked other on call jobs before and always had a company laptop/cellphone provided. My manager says I need to provide that equipment myself and today sent out a team wide email stating this with an attached document to sign outlining these policies. Sounds like he's trying to circumvent established HR policy to cut department costs, but I don't know how to bring this up. I've already discussed with him that I can't and won't install Company Portal, Teams, Outlook on my personal phone because it's rooted and legitimately cannot, but he said it's my responsibility to respond to issues when I'm not at my desk.
I from the United States and the employer is based in Maryland.