Can an employer force you to pay back travel expenses they reimbursed you for attending their training?
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Can an employer force you to pay back travel expenses they reimbursed you for attending their training?
I received an email after an company audit saying I had to payback travel expenses that I was reimbursed by the company. They say that because I elected to do a flat rate effective 10/01 that I am not entitled to reimbursement. Yet, I have several emails telling me to fill out an expense report so I could be reimbursed. I
was just following orders and not they want me to pay.
Asked on December 17, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Arkansas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
Yes, if you elected the flat rate instead of reimbursement, you have to repay the money: from what you write, you were entitled to one or the other, not both. A mistake in allowing you to claim reimbursement does not let you keep the money if you were not supposed to receive it; the law is very clearly that you are not entitled to money received only in error.
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