expenses after leaving company

[98elise]

Eric Mc said:

98elise said:

Serious question, but why not (assuming its in the contract or expenses policy)?

The company says it will refund you certain expenses as long as you get them in by a set time. If you don't do that why should they pay you?

Is that any different to saying we will pay you X of you do Y. You fail to do Y but want paying X anyway?

As long as your salary isn't below minimum wage then why can't that be enforced.

I'm not saying it shouldn't morally be paid, I'm interested in the legalities.

Did they state BEFOREHAND that the expense claim had to be made within a set time?

Its not really a question about this case. Its in response the the previous poster saying "A policy like that cannot be grounds for refusal to repay".

My question is can this be a legitimate contract clause or policy that can be enforced?

I've been subject to these sorts of policies in the past. People still generally got paid if they were late, but people were always reminded that the policy was x months and they might not get paid next time.

[Eric Mc]

That only holds water if the employee was fully aware of the "policy". Landing it on a former employee with no previous notification just as an excuse not to pay them is pretty bad form and pretty inexcusable

[NDA]

Eric Mc said:

That only holds water if the employee was fully aware of the "policy". Landing it on a former employee with no previous notification just as an excuse not to pay them is pretty bad form and pretty inexcusable

Yes quite. They might also need to prove that they had sent out any such notification too.