Originally Posted by fastflyer
Do I understand correctly that...
-the employees are refusing to guarantee their own liability for charges on the company credit card that they are using
-the employees are requesting a corporate credit card that provides some kind of bonus (i.e., miles)
If I were the employer, I would say take it or leave it. The employer can return to a format where the employees pay their own expenses, and get reimbursed after an expense report is filed.
I can't resist making a comment about liability and corp cards as it applies to me :
-my company (80000+ employees 100+yrs old multinational conglomerate) MANDATES that employees USE the CORP CARD for travel expenses
-my company INSISTS ON PAYING DIRECTLY THE CORP CARD
-and I am ALSO REQUIRED TO BEAR THE LIABILITY for that CORP CARD use ....
Isn't this a bit much .... (and I would add I cannot even collect miles of the corp card)
Add to that (although unlikely in mycase) the risk that the company might fold and leave the employees stranded and harassed by the bank for the outstanding charges .....
I understand that as the employer you want to impress upon the employee /card holder that there are responsibilities associated to having such a card .... but .... I would rather have a signed agreement with my employer saying that they can withhold pay to satisfy inappropriate card charges (and drag this in court if need be) rather than have this turn into a bank issue with the possibility of credit rating impact ...A disagreement over the appropriateness of a business expense (discretion of the employer) should NEVER turn into a credit rating issue !!!! (impact much deeper and longer term than what an employer status should allow)
An other, more frequent, issue is that of timely payment by the employer : I played a little game with mine , I formally complained about the policy, yet was told that "they would always pay ontime" ... Since then I received a "dear deadbeat" letter every other month from the bank because payment were not posted on the schedule expected by the bank ... I complained to my employer and was told "not to worry , it's a corporate card" ....
At this point as I see it I indeed have a choice :
-embrace the policy and stay
-leave
I wonder what would be their reaction when faced with a discrimination lawsuit by an employee that choose to leave !
Just my 2 cents