Claim for Damaged Clothing

FBaby

I supposed even if you had a point and could make a claim, can you prove that the incident happened because of negligence on the part of the company? Is it reasonable to say that this bracket was putting you in danger of injury or as it happened destruction of assets?

Really the bottom line is: what is worth more? You being considered reasonable and therefore still very much valued by the company even if at the cost of £150 (by the way, my partner ripped his suit trousers a couple of weeks ago, but got to replace it with the trousers only, so about £50), or would you rather be £150 better off but with a label of being a pain in the bum, always looking for trouble and therefore potentially first on the line for redundancy.

I think people don't realise that work is not about being fair. It's about a set of policies that they have to follow to protect employees, the rest is about how you portray yourself to your employer. You go along with the system or you don't.

[Deleted User]

If you're a sub contractor and they don't seem to care about you much, are you at risk of losing your job if you raise a stink about this? The long term cost of that may not be worth it.

liney

Who has told you it is beyond repair? I would suggest finding an independent dry cleaners, who usually employ 'persons what sew,' and ask them if they can do anything.

You have asked, they have said no, and you are a subby. I'd just chalk this one up to experience if I were you.

Takeaway_Addict

You're a subby, not an employee thus looking after your clothing isn't their responsibility unless its PPE