Can we have a policy that employees’ expense claims must be turned in by a certain time period?
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Yes. Employers may require employees to submit expense claims within a specified time period.
Labor Code Section 2802 requires employers to reimburse all necessary business expenses but does not set a deadline for submitting claims.
Employees may have up to four years to submit expense claims under the statute of limitations, but employers may establish shorter internal deadlines (for example, monthly submissions).
Late claims must still be paid, unless they exceed the statute of limitations, in which
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