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Work was meant to pay for my phone for the past three years and haven’t

So I started my job three years ago and I guess in all the stress of changing jobs at the time I didn't fully take in the part of the contract that mentions that a mobile phone plan, payment of calls and data and reasonable personal use would be paid for by the business. I remember the HR guy at the time mentioning something about phones and I was just like, yeah cool, and moved on. I just found my contract while looking for something else and happened across that little tidbit and emailed HR and asked when the phone plan will be instigated. I don't actually use a phone much for my work which is why it's never been much of an issue. All phone calls come through Teams, which I have as an app on my personal phone. The contract specifically says “mobile phone” so I don't think…


So I started my job three years ago and I guess in all the stress of changing jobs at the time I didn't fully take in the part of the contract that mentions that a mobile phone plan, payment of calls and data and reasonable personal use would be paid for by the business.
I remember the HR guy at the time mentioning something about phones and I was just like, yeah cool, and moved on.
I just found my contract while looking for something else and happened across that little tidbit and emailed HR and asked when the phone plan will be instigated. I don't actually use a phone much for my work which is why it's never been much of an issue. All phone calls come through Teams, which I have as an app on my personal phone. The contract specifically says “mobile phone” so I don't think they can say that they have provided a way of making work calls via the app?
Legally where do we stand here? If it's in a contract they have to do what it says right? It's been three years, am I owed back payment for all this time?

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