just received a letter from a stupid company( i dun know should i say the name out). anyway this stupid company is my previous company that i worked in. asking mi to pay medical fees that i have used last year before i quit. i just discover something. my last day is 11.07.2007. meaning my resignation starts on 11.06.2007. One's month notice though.

but the letter stating that i have to pay medical fees starting from 05.08.2007 to 06.06.2007. This is even before my one month notice lo. furthermore, the bill date is 16.02.2008, the due date is 17.02.2008 and you know something, there is this sentence that says:

If payment is not received by the due date as indicated in the bill, interest at 5.500% per annum will be imposed.

I just discovered on the envelope that this letter was mailed out only on the 18.02.2007. definitely the date would be overdue one wat. they are out to cheat me. When i quit and i collected my last two cheques, why is there no mention of this?

the next course i took was to call my ex-colleague and inform of her the situation. She told me that this company has a reputation of doing this. They willl calculate the accounts and then if there is any loss, they will trace back and ask the ex-empolyee to pay for some ridiculous charges that was never mentioned before so that they can account to their department head.

i mean if they really have any clause to prove that i have to pay for these, i will gladly pay without the interest. if they cannot prove to me, i will not pay a single cent. i mean i feel kind of cheated though. why do they not make any mention of this until like so months later? this is ridiculous though.

the next course of action that i will take is to call the number indicated there and tell the person my stand on this matter.

It's just ridiculous and stupid!

my advice to u is fight them in court... And if got chance sue them back... Its a possibility...

Kick up a fuss.

Companies like this will let got if their prey struggles too hard...

but fight them in court will definitely cost money.  the sum is actually small though. they are a big corporAtion after all. think they know of this themselves and they dare the person in question to sue though.

i mean like i thought that when a person quits the company, everything have to be caculated and settle already. but i never thought such a thing could happen though.

Originally posted by Ferret:

Kick up a fuss.

 

Companies like this will let got if their prey struggles too hard...

definitely i will though. i will not let this go without a fight lo.

Simply refer to your Letter of Appointment? can?

Originally posted by rlsh07:

definitely i will though. i will not let this go without a fight lo.

Email. Write a letter asking for clarification.

Get it on black and white.

If they did send u a letter of claim, fight them for it.

call them and say that u'll not pay because as an employee, you can claim for the medical fees. If you incurred medical fees after you tender, you are actually still eligible for the claim... So why bill to you now?

Unless the company has a practice or it states in your contract or a policy...

If they really insist, then tell them you'll make a complaint to MOM.. see what they say lor..

Originally posted by BeRt^.^:

Simply refer to your Letter of Appointment? can?

i saw the letter of appoinment. it just mention that for the medical benefits, they will subsidise the cost of outpatient treatment and maximum subsidy is $350 per year. this one is after confirmation then can claim . that is all though

Originally posted by bluejuice:

call them and say that u'll not pay because as an employee, you can claim for the medical fees. If you incurred medical fees after you tender, you are actually still eligible for the claim... So why bill to you now?

Unless the company has a practice or it states in your contract or a policy...

If they really insist, then tell them you'll make a complaint to MOM.. see what they say lor..

i will do just that tomorrow after i speak to this person from the accounts department. why those big companies like always like to bully people like that? dun understand though

So r u a confirmed staff ?

Originally posted by rlsh07:

i saw the letter of appoinment. it just mention that for the medical benefits, they will subsidise the cost of outpatient treatment and maximum subsidy is $350 per year. this one is after confirmation then can claim . that is all though

So all the cost of the outpatient that you incurred, is it more than $350 already?

If you serve 1 month notice, I believe you should be a confirmed staff already.

When did you start working with this company?

Originally posted by bluejuice:

So all the cost of the outpatient that you incurred, is it more than $350 already?

If you serve 1 month notice, I believe you should be a confirmed staff already.

When did you start working with this company?

i'm a confirmed staff though. the contract starts at 02.11.2005. i was confirmed somewhere in 2006.

i was thinking abt the total cost as well. was it because of that? they would have deducted from my salary my last two cheques, they would have calculated i suppose.

i mean if it's really my fault, i would glady pay without the interest because actually all these things is supposed to be settled when i collected my last two cheques of salary. then why still billed to me now though?

do the companies like wrk very slowly to calculate through the accounts?

Originally posted by rlsh07:

i'm a confirmed staff though. the contract starts at 02.11.2005. i was confirmed somewhere in 2006.

 

i was thinking abt the total cost as well. was it because of that? they would have deducted from my salary my last two cheques, they would have calculated i suppose.

i mean if it's really my fault, i would glady pay without the interest because actually all these things is supposed to be settled when i collected my last two cheques of salary. then why still billed to me now though?

do the companies like wrk very slowly to calculate through the accounts?

That's why should call up the accounts and ask them... If its below $350, then you don't have to pay.....

Originally posted by bluejuice:

That's why should call up the accounts and ask them... If its below $350, then you don't have to pay.....

i guess so. do they have the right to ask mi to pay the interest though?

Originally posted by rlsh07:

i guess so. do they have the right to ask mi to pay the interest though?

they say they will charge la.. but dun think they will... 

don't worry.. Just call them tomorrow and ask and then see what they say.. then come here and post...

Originally posted by bluejuice:

they say they will charge la.. but dun think they will... 

don't worry.. Just call them tomorrow and ask and then see what they say.. then come here and post...

thanks blue juice and all, u guys been a great help!=)

hmm

may i ask is the medical claim should be on the company itself even you have resigned?

is this under the contract that you have sign before hand?

PS, haven step into a really working world.need more advise

To rish07, do you know about this when you sign on the contract/agreement?

Originally posted by rlsh07:

just received a letter from a stupid company( i dun know should i say the name out). anyway this stupid company is my previous company that i worked in. asking mi to pay medical fees that i have used last year before i quit. i just discover something. my last day is 11.07.2007. meaning my resignation starts on 11.06.2007. One's month notice though.

 

but the letter stating that i have to pay medical fees starting from 05.08.2007 to 06.06.2007. This is even before my one month notice lo. furthermore, the bill date is 16.02.2008, the due date is 17.02.2008 and you know something, there is this sentence that says:

If payment is not received by the due date as indicated in the bill, interest at 5.500% per annum will be imposed.

I just discovered on the envelope that this letter was mailed out only on the 18.02.2007. definitely the date would be overdue one wat. they are out to cheat me. When i quit and i collected my last two cheques, why is there no mention of this?

the next course i took was to call my ex-colleague and inform of her the situation. She told me that this company has a reputation of doing this. They willl calculate the accounts and then if there is any loss, they will trace back and ask the ex-empolyee to pay for some ridiculous charges that was never mentioned before so that they can account to their department head.

i mean if they really have any clause to prove that i have to pay for these, i will gladly pay without the interest. if they cannot prove to me, i will not pay a single cent. i mean i feel kind of cheated though. why do they not make any mention of this until like so months later? this is ridiculous though.

the next course of action that i will take is to call the number indicated there and tell the person my stand on this matter.

It's just ridiculous and stupid!

if U have the time and mood...make an appointment to go down and ask them to justify on the spot.

if not,just email the person and ask how they calculate.

if cannot come to settlement...refer to MOM lor...

Originally posted by rlsh07:

i guess so. do they have the right to ask mi to pay the interest though?

actually I think they have the right to ask for interest...since they consider it a debt owed to them...but then since U are disputing the amt they are claiming in the 1st place...the interest part is not too significant.

in short...they can ask U to pay for anything...just that U may not agree to their point of view.

you dont have to do anything. If they dare and want to spend money, they can bring you to court.

And i am pretty sure they wont bring you to court.

Ignore all their calls.

btw, how much is the medical bills?

Originally posted by rainhawk87:

hmm

 

may i ask is the medical claim should be on the company itself even you have resigned?

is this under the contract that you have sign before hand?

 

PS, haven step into a really working world.need more advise

 

To rish07, do you know about this when you sign on the contract/agreement?

but i have not even tender yet wat. this is before the one month notice thouh. knoe abt wat?

Originally posted by Xcert:

actually I think they have the right to ask for interest...since they consider it a debt owed to them...but then since U are disputing the amt they are claiming in the 1st place...the interest part is not too significant.

in short...they can ask U to pay for anything...just that U may not agree to their point of view.

i mean i dun mind paying though. i just do not like the fact that they never settle it once n for all when i already quit and so many months later then they chase for it. n the date is so ridiculous i mean the due date is 17.02.2008 n they send it out on 18.02.2008

Originally posted by HyuugaNeji:

you dont have to do anything. If they dare and want to spend money, they can bring you to court.

And i am pretty sure they wont bring you to court.

Ignore all their calls.

btw, how much is the medical bills?

actually very little only though. less than 50 bucks. i dun mind paying. i just dun like the fact that it was not pointed out earlier and that as if i dun want to pay for the debt (if indeed i have owned it) n also if i'm paying, i have to go down to their customer service centre specially just to pay off this debt. i have to take leave specially to go n pay off. i just tot that everything will be settled lo.

they are bad companies who do these just to earn money