An employer making employees pay for a plan to use cell phone minutes in a non-incidental way is amazing; I don't know how that can stem from any place but fuck you, I've got mine. Though Amazon is claiming they shouldn't have to pay employees for waiting in line for security checks, for up to a claimed 30 minutes [1].
edit: I recalled a situation at a previous employer for an ops person who had significant work usage of his cell phone; our employer didn't want to pay for it. I'm not sure how that got resolved. Though this employer had pictures of naked women as part of the interview process so, you know, all class. (I didn't get that for my screen, but others did.)
I've had colleagues refuse to give their phone number out unless management say they will pay towards the cost of the phone. Also stops the out of hours calls.
edit: I recalled a situation at a previous employer for an ops person who had significant work usage of his cell phone; our employer didn't want to pay for it. I'm not sure how that got resolved. Though this employer had pictures of naked women as part of the interview process so, you know, all class. (I didn't get that for my screen, but others did.)
[1] http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-02/security-che...