A stressed out ambulance assistant was forced to take his bosses to court in a row over an unpaid £15 meal allowance. Gerald Paton, who has worked for the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) for more than 30 years, says they racked up months of legal bills before agreeing to pay up.
Gerald lodged a case against his employer at Forfar Sheriff Court over expenses for three lunches. The 56-year-old, from Brechin, Angus, said he was left “astounded” by the actions of his bosses and felt so let down that he ended up being off work sick for months.
He said: “It has been extremely stressful having to chase money that I was entitled to. I feel let down by them and by the fact I had to go down the avenue of taking them to court. From start to finish, the fight for £15 has taken up so much of my time off when it could have been sorted within 15 minutes.
