Hi Guys, I hope your well. I accidentally cracked the screen on my work laptop today. The latop had been used prior to me being given it and was already scratched and scuffed by the previous user. I have the laptop connected to two monitors at work and have an external keyboard and mouse plugged into my laptop. I tried to log into the laptop this afternoon and the external keyboard wasn't working which happens from time to time and normally I would just open the lid of the laptop and close it again and this is normally enough to rectify the problem. When I open closed the lid of the laptop as I normally do today the keyboard still didn't work, and when I open the laptop for a second time a 3cm crack had developed on the screen of the laptop. I didn't use any kind of excessive force and the laptop still works perfectly plugged into the external monitors. The laptop screen itself still works apart from the area immediately around the crack that has gone black. I'm very worried that my employer is going to try and deduct the cost of the laptop from my wages which I really can't afford and i'm not sure what to do. The computer itself was hardly in the best of conditions anyway and I would feel extremely hard done by if I had to pay for a new computer which i'm sure my boss is going to try and make me do. I have though about getting the screen replaced out of my own pocket but this would cost well over £100 and dont see why I should have to incur such expense but at the same time this may be the best option instead of having to replace the laptop itself. Any help on how to deal with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks