I’ve been laying off my company and they are pushing me to buy the remote setup that I’ve got ( chair, desk, monitor) I don’t need them and explain that to them but now they are ignoring my emails, I don’t want them to take the money from my last payslip what should I do?

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Not sure how they can make you buy it. Tell them clearly that you don't need it and they newd to make arrangements to get the stuff.

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Unless you agreed in writing to purchase, they legally cannot withhold funds from your paycheck for this. You do however, have to get the equipment back to them.

Small team they have only HR

Can you go to the office and drop it off ?

There is a lot of items and they’ve agreed with me that they will arrange a courrier

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