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My partner worked all last year (sept to june) as a teacher, about 1OO miles from home. He had a fulltime consisting of 12 hours teaching and 12 students to follow-up whilst on out of school workplacements. This requires a visit per workplace, per student, per week.
The students were placed all over the country and my partner was pretty much forced to take the car.
However the school refuses to repay any fuel costs. They admit it's impossible to do the job otherwise but he could have just got a hotel (which they also would not reimburse)
This month my partner has had his fuel bill which has left him with 1/4 of his wage. I've had to step in to pay initial bills and this has now left me with less than half a paycheck to feed us both for a month and still three bills coming.
Is there anything he can do, surely it's not acceptable for an employer to leave an employee with such enormous costs that the job is simply not profitable?

2007-08-01 04:47:45 · 5 answers · asked by Elle Dee 3 in Business & Finance Personal Finance

5 answers

When he files his taxes he can claim the milage on his return.

2007-08-01 04:56:26 · answer #1 · answered by sasquatch5170 4 · 0 0

He should have brought it up with the employer at the time. It's probably too late now. However he can offset the fuel bills against his tax he just needs to ensure he does a tax return for the year in question.

2007-08-01 11:56:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

He can claim 40p per mile for the first 10,000 miles and 25p after and his hotels from his tax bill . There is a simple form to fill in , contact HMRC .He needs to keep mileage recors and hotel receipts

2007-08-01 19:17:08 · answer #3 · answered by nicolabuddah 3 · 0 0

Why is your partner bringing this up NOW ? When he realized that he was going to incur such bills, why did he not talk with the school about reimbursement at the time ? Did he just ASSUME they would pay, without any agreement to that effect ?

Sounds to me like he is now without recourse. The time to make such arrangements is BEFORE one incurs the expense.

2007-08-01 11:55:04 · answer #4 · answered by acermill 7 · 0 1

If he chose to work 100 miles from home what did he expect? Secondly, no one in their right mind would offer their own car for hire free because that is , in effect ,what he did.
There will be no recompense as he accepted the conditions of employment.
The school stitched him up he should have mentioned the name so other teachers will not work there.

2007-08-01 12:03:47 · answer #5 · answered by katerschenko 3 · 0 1

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