Expenses advance repayment request
Discussion
I have today received an email from my previous employer asking for me to repay a £500 expenses float they advanced me in 2012 by 5pm. I left there over 2 months ago and no mention was made of this at the time, in fact I had forgotten about it after almost 11 years.
The reason for this float was a change in the expenses payment from 2 times a month to combined with pay after a cut off of 3rd of the month to submit. This meant any expenses incurred after the 3rd were paid almost 2 months later in the next payroll.
Anyway crappy expenses policy aside what would you do about repaying it? I cannot afford to pay it today and I am reluctant to do so until I am at least out of my probation period. The company has been bought since the float was paid and a number of years later merged with another company I am a bit surprised this has surfaced now. We are talking about a 500 million turnover size company, I think they is a bit of bad feeling as half the technical team left within a 3 month time frame.
The reason for this float was a change in the expenses payment from 2 times a month to combined with pay after a cut off of 3rd of the month to submit. This meant any expenses incurred after the 3rd were paid almost 2 months later in the next payroll.
Anyway crappy expenses policy aside what would you do about repaying it? I cannot afford to pay it today and I am reluctant to do so until I am at least out of my probation period. The company has been bought since the float was paid and a number of years later merged with another company I am a bit surprised this has surfaced now. We are talking about a 500 million turnover size company, I think they is a bit of bad feeling as half the technical team left within a 3 month time frame.
E63eeeeee... said:
I guess let them know when you will be able to pay it.
They're presumably trying to tidy it up before the end of the financial year.
It feels like they should have made an effort in the proceeding 11 years to sort out a repayment plan of the float. £4 a month off expenses owed would have paid it off.They're presumably trying to tidy it up before the end of the financial year.
I am going to wait for a letter, as I don't think an email saying please find attached a letter is the right way to go about things. Once I receive that I will offer them a chance of a repayment plan and see what they say.
IJWS15 said:
Are you sure the e-mail is from your past employer
It is as it keep 5 minutes after an ex colleague asked me if it was ok to share my email address with them. I was expecting either a technical question or maybe my P60.I say ex colleague but he is starting work with me in a week so I cannot hold a grudge.
Thanks for all the info and comments, I still haven't received a letter even though the pdf attached to Fridays email was dated 17th March. I have a bit of an issue with my pension as well, they enrolled me in a new scheme in January despite me asking not to be as it wasn't worth it for 1 month. This hasn't yet been closed down so I cannot transfer it. Guess at some point I am going to have to make contact, the money in the pension is slightly more than the float
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