Corporate Card Offers

Can an employer refuse to provide “Incidentals Allowance” to employees during extended O/S travel ? (3 wks)?

My employer is sending me O/S for 3 weeks on official business. The company’s travel policy is such that all expenses are payable for with a corporate credit card (accommodation, food and travel), which I am happy with. However, the travel and expenses policy states that incidentals such as newspapers, soft drinks and light entertainment (museum/movies) etc will need to be paid for by ourselves, and WILL NOT be reimbursed.

Can anyone tell me if this is legal or justifiable by any employer ?

Who can I speak to in order to know what I may be able to do ?

Thanks heaps

Company issued credit card?

Hi- I’ve just started a new job with a multi-billion dollar company with about 36,000 employees world wide. I’m required to obtain a corporate american express credit card for business related expenses and travel. My question is, can I be denied this credit card if I have less than stellar credit? The company pays American Express directly after I submit my expense report to accounting. While I am responsible for submitting the expense report in a timely manner, the company as I said above, pays Amex, not me.

Do you think I’ll win the appeal for unemployment? If not please help with suggestions. Read below?

My unemployment was denied because I didn’t pay my corporate credit card on time which was the cause of my termination. My argument and the truth is that the credit card statements were delivered US Mail and placed on the cash wrap at the front of the retail store. Customers and employees have full access to items on the cash wrap. Then at some point the mail is placed in the office in the store managers basket. There is a possibility the statement was late even before I received it which is my argument. What do you think?

Applying for a credit card…What type of business is a library considered?

I work at a small city library as the only employee (the director) and I have been given permission to apply for a credit card. I found a small business credit card that was agreed on, but when I went to apply, I was confused about which type of business to classify us as. The options are:
Business Individuals
C-Corporation
Corporate Trust
General Partnership
Individual Trust
Limited Liability
Limited Partnership
Professional Corporation
Proprietorship
S-Corporation

It doesn’t seem to me that we are any of these. Maybe a library doesn’t count as a business? Help please! Which one would you consider a library?

Do you think that corporate big wigs will ever cut back on extravagant luxuries given the tough economy? ?

CITI Bank wanted to buy a 50 million $$$$-luxury jet for corporate big wigs even though they got billions in bail out money.

Another corporate executive whose office received bail out money spent $100,000.00 on a toilet for his office.

All the while laying off employees and raising credit card rates on people who have good credit.

Is there any chance that they are dining on less caviar and lobster?

I’m for a bail out for hard working Americans, but not for Wall street millionaires.