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Hi Everyone,

I work as an IT Admin for a client that is contracted by my company and I am stationed at this client.
2 nights ago I worked overtime for the client and the client offered me a reimbursement for the work done.

maybe I should state it better. the company I work for has a contract with this client and a SLA and part of that SLA is that we have a on-site person everyday. I am there for part of the company that has the SLA with this client if that makes sense.

Is it an issue to take the money or should I decline the money? I don't see the employer giving me anything for the work that was done.

I am stuck on what to do or should I just take the money and be happy someone reimbursed me for my work and effort?

Hoping someone can help me with this.
 
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I also work for a company that contracts staff out. I'd be in deep crap if I accepted without at least consulting my superiors.
 
maybe I should state it better. the company I work for has a contract with this client and a SLA and part of that SLA is that we have a on-site person everyday. I am there for part of the company that has the SLA with their client if that makes sense.
 
jacquesjou said:
Hi Everyone,

I work as an IT Admin for a client that is contracted by my company and I am stationed at this client.
2 nights ago I worked overtime for the client and the client offered me a reimbursement for the work done.

Is it an issue to take the money or should I decline the money? I don't see the employer giving me anything for the work that was done.

I am stuck on what to do or should I just take the money and be happy someone reimbursed me for my work and effort?

Hoping someone can help me with this.
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I'd go via my employer just to avoid drama...if your boss doesn't know you're taking money off clients (even after earning it), could cause issues. Also, how is the income tax on that going to work?
 
jacquesjou said:
maybe I should state it better. the company I work for has a contract with this client and a SLA and part of that SLA is that we have a on-site person everyday. I am there for part of the company that has the SLA with their client if that makes sense.
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Does your contract state that you are required to work overtime\after hours if need be?

I had a similar arrangement at the previous company I worked for but there was no after hours agreement.
Had to work one weekend and let my employer and customer sort out my reimbursement.
 
Well its a cash offering and I did inform my boss that I will be staying after hours to open up for a person that had to do some work and I closed the building etc after hours for the client as they were unavailable to meet with this person. So its not like I did any work myself. I just showed him where the work needs to be done.
 
Definitely clear it with your employer first. Chances are they might give you the go-ahead.

From what I understand SLA doesn't cover overtime compensation for employees unless stated in the payment structure for the SLA. Either way you as employee do not see overtime pay unless your employer is very nice with you.

Just taking the money will cause a problem - make sure the employer knows that an offer to pay you was made (do not have to disclose how much) and the offer was made by the client without you negotiating a rate.

- I got into trouble for something similar and it soured the mood in the office tremendously.
 
Yeah you are right will let the employer know and see what happens not sure about the morale thing though so doing the right thing will be better.

shinji said:
Definitely clear it with your employer first. Chances are they might give you the go-ahead.

From what I understand SLA doesn't cover overtime compensation for employees unless stated in the payment structure for the SLA. Either way you as employee do not see overtime pay unless your employer is very nice with you.

Just taking the money will cause a problem - make sure the employer knows that an offer to pay you was made (do not have to disclose how much) and the offer was made by the client without you negotiating a rate.

- I got into trouble for something similar and it soured the mood in the office tremendously.
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You can't take the cash. This can very easily be construed as performing jobs for money other than what you get remunerated for by your employer which will get you in trouble based on the contents of any standard employment contract.

Phone your boss, tell them the client want's to give you a few bucks for your effort, is it ok. You also legally have to declare that income. SARS wants their cut!

The short answer is anytime you have to ask if what you are doing is OK, it probably isn't.
 
Take the money, and ask the client not to say anything to anybody.
 
I will be telling the boss it makes sense on a morale and employee basis. Thank you everyone for the replies and help.

Have a nice day!
 
Do you fill in a monthly timesheet and get paid according to hours billed? If so, just add the overtime to your timesheet.
 
Drifter said:
Do you fill in a monthly timesheet and get paid according to hours billed? If so, just add the overtime to your timesheet.
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I think the client is trying to get away with paying less than what the contracting company would charge for overtime services...hence the offer to pay under the table.

If that's the case, the client won't want a timesheet.
 
Neoprod said:
I think the client is trying to get away with paying less than what the contracting company would charge for overtime services...hence the offer to pay under the table.

If that's the case, the client won't want a timesheet.
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If that is the case, then I will say DO NOT take the money.
 
Drifter said:
If that is the case, then I will say DO NOT take the money.
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Might be assumption on my part but a client who has contractors working on site would know it's not proper to hand over cash to the person directly...it's putting everyone in an awkward position (hence this thread).

The right way would be to wait to be billed for the month, check if the overtime was included and then if the overtime hours are not there, remind the worker \ contracting house that there was overtime in the course of the month.
 
Yeah it makes sense what Drifter and Neoprod is saying.
On a morale basis for me it makes sense to inform my employer that the client handed me money for opening and hanging around while the person was working and closing the place up and that I just wanted to inform them of that and will it be okay to keep the money or just hand it back and say thank you very much but I am not allowed to take money from you makes sense?
 
werfie said:
You can't take the cash. This can very easily be construed as performing jobs for money other than what you get remunerated for by your employer which will get you in trouble based on the contents of any standard employment contract.

Phone your boss, tell them the client want's to give you a few bucks for your effort, is it ok. You also legally have to declare that income. SARS wants their cut!

The short answer is anytime you have to ask if what you are doing is OK, it probably isn't.
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This ^^^
 
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