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Hi guys, I was recently caught by a "safety" camera exceeding the motorway speed limit.
I received a notification from my work of the NIP that would be returned and then I would hear from the authority for the penalty directly. This came in the mail with a fine of £60 and a 3 point endorsement.
I have now been contacted by work and been advised that they would deduct a £65 admin charge from my salary inflicted on them by the third party company they hired through.
As it turns out, the hire car was not directly rented from the hire company whose terms and conditions I signed but through a third party company who rented the car on the companies behalf.
As you can imagine I am a little ****ed off to receive an admin charge greater than the amount of the penalty itself and has therefore doubled the cost of the penalty.
Is there anything you would recommend me doing? Personally I use a hire company which inflicts no additional admin charge on receipt of traffic penalties and it would have worked out cheaper for me to hire myself....
They can only charge this fee if it's in the t and c's that you signed.
Do you still have a copy?
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The car was booked by company through a third party and then dropped off by another company whose t's and c's I signed.
Only thing being I think my employment contract may have a clause about fees like this.
I don't have a copy of the admin fee charging t's and c's because I wasn't responsible for booking it.
Think I'm just going to have to take the hit this time and make sure I know of any t's and c's prior to receiving the hire car in future especially when booked through the third party.
Legally it appears you cannot be required to pay this, however if you make a fuss it will damage the relationship with your employer, which needs to be considered.
Legally, no - but as it is your employer making the charge, it is difficult to challenge as it is only passing on the cost of the charge levied on it by the supplier. By arguing that if you hadn't broken the law, you wouldn't have had to be traced is a compelling one. You'll find all hire car and contract hire T&C specifically mention they will make a charge if they are called to provide details of the renter/driver to anyone who asks.... even private parking companies who have no real right to the information.
I buried my head in the sand for a while there. Ended up taking the decision to just pay this and negate any bad feeling with employer/relationship with fleet company. If it happens again I may consider contesting it.
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charge from my salary inflicted on them by the third party company they hired through.
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