Previous employer demanding cash

[FincH]

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O/t. Katie Price ya? ^^

 

[Trojan]

Firstly check the last payslip to determine what the extra money is for - if it's listed as overtime - then great you have no worries.

However if not, you need to check your gfs Contract of employment to see what the provisions are for overtime - if she was paid a salary she may not be entitled to overtime.

How long was there between the overpayment and the company contacting you requesting repayment?

The following information came from the www.acas.co.uk website when i was facing a similar overpayment situation

Hope this helps, give ACAS a call see what they say

Thanks for that, very useful info

The 3 parts mentioned that ACAS say prevent an employer from recovering the cash all apply to my girlfriend, which is excellant news as CAB agree with them.

I would do everything by post. Firstly it leaves a paper trail should things go further and secondly, it allows a much more considered response than a phone conversation does.

Yeah, I think that's what we'll do. Cheers.

 

[goreblast]

When my wife moved jobs a few years ago her old place of work didnt take her off the payroll for a month, therefore a full months wage extra - £1450 ish. The firm Accountant phoned her a week later demanding she pay the monies back as it was his error. She said that is fine, please put that in writing and I will happily pay it back over a number of months.

This was just after Xmas and she had been expecting a Xmas Bonus which didnt materialise as she handed her notice in.

The letter never came. Reason being he had made a mistake and wanted it sweep under the carpet. A letter would have made it official and he'd have been in the brown stuff!

 

[lozza]

Interesting info, this, and doesn't leave any employer much room to manouevre. Going from this it seems like the only times an employer can claim back the money is if the employee has logged more hours than they actually worked (and therefore the overpayment is the employee's fault), or, somehow (and I have no idea how this could possibly happen), the employer deposited more money in the employee's bank account than it said on the employee's payslip (and therefore didn't lead the employee to believe that they're entitled to the money). Even in these cases they'd have to claim it back pronto otherwise you could always call on the second condition, claiming you've already spent it. Have I got this right or am I misunderstanding something?

You have it right, the second error could be a weeks wages of £250.00 correct on the payslip but £2500.00 paid in by mistake as a misskeyed clerical error.

 

[Sirrel Squirrel]

O/t. Katie Price ya? ^^

yea, needed to find a nice pair to use my quote on lol