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With employees expensing everything from masks to ergonomic chairs and monitors, the new work-at-home workplace is causing major companies to rethink their expense policies and decide what kind of costs should be considered reasonable.
“You never know what an employee will ask for,” says Anant Kale, CEO of AppZen, an AI finance platform that helps manage employee spending. “Right now it can be anything from snacks to a desk — it’s all over the place. You have to define the rules.”
Evelina Nedlund is an associate editor of Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit Adviser. She can be contacted via email at evelina.nedlund@arizent.com.
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