Leaving your work cellphone behind as you embark on a days-long hike or head out for dinner at your favourite restaurant is a clear indication: you’re off the clock.
But that separation of devices also means you have to carry both your personal and work phones during work hours — juggling texts from your child’s daycare on your personal phone while taking calls from clients on your work device. And sometimes, work obligations could mean carrying both devices outside of business hours.
For some, separating work and personal lives with two cellphones seems like a necessity and to others, a hassle. But experts say it comes down to your profession, life priorities and comfort level with your company’s data privacy policies.
A professional in banking or health care, for instance, would typically carry both a personal and work cellphone for data security and personal safety reasons, said Lisa Stam, managing partner and owner of employment law firm Spring Law.
Meanwhile, a small-business owner would likely assume that employees use their own phones at work, she said.
At her law firm, Stam said employees use their personal phones on the job, but there are policies to safeguard work data and privacy while laying out expectations about job-related data on the device.
She says employers need to think through bring-your-own-phones policies: whether workers are expected to work after hours, if employers contribute to the phone plan and what happens to data on those phones if a worker...
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