Legal Question in Employment Law in Pennsylvania

Can your employer refuse to reimburse legitimate job-related expenses?
Is it legal for my employer to refuse to reimburse my legitimate, documented expenses that I've incurred in the course of performing my job? I am a telecommuter employed by an IT staffing firm and, as such, have to pay for items like long distance phone calls to speak to potential job candidates, computer supplies (paper, ink cartridges,etc), DSL, etc. I am approved to do this and then get reimbursed by my employer. I recently submitted approx $1600 in documented expenses to my employer but was only reimbursed approx $600, leaving me with a $1000 ''donation'' to my company. The reason I was given is that some of the expenses were over 3 months old and they weren't going to pay the older ones. Is this legal?? Thank you.

Asked on 1/05/05, 4:02 pm

Charles A. Pascal, Jr. Law Office of Charles A. Pascal, Jr.

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Re: Can your employer refuse to reimburse legitimate job-related expenses?

Depends on what your contract with your employer says. You can always write off unreimbursed expenses on your income taxes.

Answered on 1/05/05, 6:05 pm

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