Expense withheld- pls advice!!!

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What is the name of your state? Maryland

I am a Consultant and work on Corp to Corp. I 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 end client. When I started the contract however I did not know how to claim the expenses. Company ABC told me to send the expense claim to them and they will take care of it. I travelled from my home state to this client location every week and sent expense claims to company ABC. Company ABC paid me directly for the expenses. I recently rolled off from this client and this company ABC is now declined me to pay for for last 3 months of expenses. I tried to contact company XYZ though which our contract is setup but they are not giving any feedback. All they are saying that the other company ABC is supposed to pay you since that is what has been mutually agreed later.

I do not know in this scenario which company is liable for my expenses? The company XYZ with which I signed the Contract or the other company ABC which agreed to pay the expenses directly to me in an email?

Thanks
Debi

 

[pattytx]

A properly written contract mean a contractual obligation; an email does not normally rise to such a level. See an attorney regarding your recourse if the company with which you contracted breaches the agreement. The agreement between the companies is none of your concern (nor should it be).

 

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Expenses not reimmburesed

Do you think my state Labor michigan.gov can guide me on this issue?

 

[pattytx]

No, because there is no wage and hour law that requires the employer to reimburse expenses at all. Period. If they could have, I would have said so.

It's strictly a contract issue.