HELP!! - costly error at work :(

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MYLITTLESISTERLOLA wrote: »

A copy of the cheque would be more helpful it will have information as to where the cheque was processed and into which account, as you don't know if someone changed the payee and then cashed/banked the cheque. A copy of a cheque normally costs £10 which I'm sure the PO could sort out under the circumstances.

will it still be possible to obtain a copy of the cheque after more than a year?

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patchwork_cat

I am sorry, but my advice is purely as a layman, but it looks as if the person that you talked to last year is actually the one in the wrong and as such it is what would be termed 'officer error' in local government and up to the accounting team to sort out. Your problem is proving the conversation with the woman in accounting last year and I think this is were it is going to come unstuck.

You really need some proper advice and not from a forum as IMO the reason that you are in this mess is not following up on the original lost cheque yourself and not following up a telephone conversation in writing. I would have during my LA career have always followed this level of issue up in writing even if it was only an email.

If you want to know about physically obtaining a copy of a cheque after a year then phone a bank.

nuttybabe

the company will be able to tell you if the cheque was cashed, the cheque number and the date. It should all be on their computer system. They also have to keep all their bank statements so they wont need to request a copy. If they can prove that the cheque was cashed, they will need to ask the bank to provide details of who cashed it.

i would also speak to a manager regarding what the person who not longer works for them said and make it clear that you were told they had proceedures in place and you did everything you were told to so it is not your fault and if they are going to take the money from your wages you escalate it further. maybe even see one of those solicitors who give out 1/2 free to get some advice.