Are they entitled to reimburse me

smallpurplepill

scoutfinch wrote: »

Each month my bills etc have been debited from my account as normal and i have incurred two charges over the last two months, one of £165 and this month £215 as i was unable to bring myself into credit for obvious reasons.

As well as the bank charge reimbursement aspect - which other posters have answered above - depending on what the charges actually were (late payment 'fines' - bounced direct debits - etc) it may be worth a quick check of your credit record to ensure nothing "adverse" has gone on there as a result of late/non paid bills etc.

chocsessential

Googlewhacker wrote: »

Hi

I am pretty sure that if you incur bank charges due to your employers error that you have every right to expect the company to pay for the charges.

BTW entitled is not the right word.

I agree. I think the OP should be asking if the employer is obliged to reimburse bank charges.

WhiteHorse

Googlewhacker wrote: »

Yeah cheers for this, I meant a link or anything for me to read.

Oops, sorry.

Can't think of anything specific, although there will be something somewhere. It's a general legal principle - their mistake has caused you loss, so you are entitled to restitution.

HO87

WhiteHorse wrote: »

Oops, sorry.

Can't think of anything specific, although there will be something somewhere. It's a general legal principle - their mistake has caused you loss, so you are entitled to restitution.

Correct - this has nothing at all to do with employment law. The OP has suffered a loss as a result of the action of another - albeit unintentionally and are almost certainly entitled to damages at tort amounting to the total loss they have incurred. Don't forget the additional charges and the punitive interest rate charged on unauthorised overdrafts.

Were it to be necessary the OP could institute proceedings in the Small Claims Court (Google moneyclaimonline). He would incur a charge of £30 but could add this to the total claim.

A delicate approach to his manager - or to the HR department - should see him reimbursed without too much trouble or at least I would hope this was the case.