Hey, try this on for size.
At w**k, we have a document call a Workplace Certified Agreement. A legally binding document that details working conditions and renumeration, etc..
Within this document one of the clauses states that telephone line rental and any connection fees
will be reimbursed. That's the clause in it's entirety. Pretty simple stuff, hey.
Most people save up their monthly bills and claim a bunch all in one go. This way the 30 odd dollars that you would get monthly from each bill doesn't just disappear into the noise. A practice that's been going on since before I joined this circus (more than 18 years).
Well, someone recently submitted more than 12 months of bills for reimbursement and some poor finance widget complained bitterly to their management, boo hoo.
They went digging through company procedures and policy and came up with a pearler. No more than two months in arrears can be submitted. Bah!
I wrote the joker who released this policy via email today, and told this particular spanner that this policy was overridden by that little legal document I spoke of at the beginning. He wrote back with, but , but ,but, company policy. I wrote back and said, but, but, but, legally binding document.
The spanner's back at work tomorrow (he was interstate today), I bet he makes an appearance in my office. Somehow I think I'm gunna win this one
