Expense Not Reimmburesed

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What is the name of your state? Michigan
I am a Software Consultant and work on Corp to Corp through my H1 company. The last client I worked, my company had a contract with a company say XYZ which agreed on rate plus expenses to be paid for my work. This company XYZ had a seperate contract with another company ABC which was prefered vendor for my client. I travelled from my home state to this client location every week and my company billed XYZ for the hours. But for the expenses I submitted all my expenses to ABC instead of XYZ as per their advice. And ABC paid me directly for the expenses. I recently rolled off from this client and this company ABC has declined paying me for last 3 months of expenses. I tried to contact XYZ though which our contract is setup but they are not giving any feedback. All they are saying that ABC is supposed to pay you since that has been agreed later.

I do not know in this scenario where my contract is with XYZ company for rate plus expenses, are they liable to pay for expenses or is company ABC liable to pay since this was how the expenses got paid later. Can someone kindly advise from their experience?

Thanks
Debi

 

[pattytx]

I think our "experience" is irrelevant. It's what YOUR employment contract with YOUR employer says or doesn't say regarding this issue. California is the only state thata requires the employer to "keep the employee whole" when it comes to business expenses paid by the employee.

 

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Expenses not reimmburesed

Hi,
I Contract signed by my employer with the company XYZ was rate plus expenses. But later the other company ABC who had contract with XYZ asked me to submit the expenses directly to them through email although we have no formal agreement with that company ABC. So I dont know from Legal point of view who is liable to pay me for the expenses? the company who signed contract with my company or the other company who was submitting my expenses to end client and sending me checks for it.

Debi

 

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Expenses not reimmburesed

The other important Question I have is if I file a legal case, how long does it normally take to get a decision on a case?

 

[pattytx]

You'll have to speak with a local attorney versed in contract law. We have no idea how long it would take to get to settlement/trial. Every case is different and every jurisidiction is different when it comes to backlog.