Redundancy and work from home equipment

OZHIEV

Thank you everyone for your replies.
Just to clarify they were ordered by the company and directly dispatched to me. 
I have asked to keep the items as the value isn't that high but they refused. Didn't expect differently to be honest. 
Probably the courier to pick them up will be half of what they are worth.
Anyway it's not worth the hassle and certainly wont get into legal issues for keeping them.

Undervalued

NBLondon said:

Manxman_in_exile said:

NBLondon said:

Check your contract.  It's company property and they have the right to reclaim it.  The question might be if a particular item was customised for you - and thus can't be re-used for another employee - then the company may choose to allow you to keep it.

If however, you bought an item and claimed it on expenses - then it's yours to keep.

Is that right?  (The bit in bold)

Unless explicitly stated otherwise in contract or policy - you bought it, you're the legal owner.   A good homeworking or expenses policy might well make it clear.   Mind you - with a lot of people suddenly turning to homeworking last year, a company might not have written/updated those policies yet.

Not really!

Yes the employee was initially the legal owner but when they claimed it on their expenses they effectively sold it to their employer.

Or, they were acting as the agent of their employer when buying it on their behalf.

Either way the item certainly belongs to the employer once they have paid for it.