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July 24, 2009 at 6:29 pm #1047751
If i was to get paid incorrectly, by law am i supposed to give it back if it was a mistake?
July 24, 2009 at 6:36 pm #1203999Depends, how much extra did you get paid?
July 24, 2009 at 6:41 pm #1204001i didn’t work
July 24, 2009 at 6:45 pm #1203990it depends on the amounts and the type of company. Many medium to large private sector companies will often allow the employee to keep a small overpayment out of a sense of goodwill. However a large and obviously incorrect overpayment can be recovered by the company but I think the law is it must be done in a reasonable fashion. Public sector companies tend to always recover the money as its taxpayers money.
Of course if an employee does not highlight a massive discrepancy (such as being paid twice!) it does impact badly on their integrity and honesty both in that job and subsequent employment…
A few years ago I got several overpayments of some hundreds of pounds in my own pay packet once, caused by our outsourced payroll provider making repeated mistakes .
I reported them all, was congratulated on my honesty/integrity and allowed to keep a fair proportion of the money (bear in mind I am a combined Finance/IT manager and my duty is to report stuff like this!) The payroll provider lost their contract and has been replaced by one what gets the figures right first time..
July 24, 2009 at 6:48 pm #1204002basically i got paid about 190 pounds i shouldn’t have, i do not give a shit about the job as it is a pile of shit temp crap that i have only worked 2 days out of 12. they fucked up my payment and didnt pay me for one of the days so i called up about it, then today when they should have paid me for that day they gave me 190
July 24, 2009 at 6:52 pm #1203991unless they do a reconcilation/audit between timesheets and actual amounts paid its most likely going to be forgotten about.
what happens depends on how busy the finance department are and most of them in these places are overloaded (or probably not even in UK anyway) and thats where the checks and balances disappear….
July 24, 2009 at 6:55 pm #1203995@p0lygon-Window 342635 wrote:
basically i got paid about 190 pounds i shouldn’t have, i do not give a shit about the job as it is a pile of shit temp crap that i have only worked 2 days out of 12. they fucked up my payment and didnt pay me for one of the days so i called up about it, then today when they should have paid me for that day they gave me 190
I reckon a reasonable strategty (risk/reward) would be maybe to put the cash aside for a few months and see if they say anything. You could always say u were so busy with stuff and meant 2 do get round to reporting it. If it is a bank payment u could say u didn’t check ur balance or not very good at maths. Odds r they probably might notice, but u never know..
July 24, 2009 at 6:59 pm #1204003ok thanks =)
July 24, 2009 at 7:02 pm #1203992@PhilKmorgan 342638 wrote:
I reckon a reasonable strategty (risk/reward) would be maybe to put the cash aside for a few months and see if they say anything. You could always say u were so busy with stuff and meant 2 do get round to reporting it. If it is a bank payment u could say u didn’t check ur balance or not very good at maths. Odds r they probably might notice, but u never know..
in some cases employers just deduct the overpayment from the next pay packet (after sending a letter) or the final payment when the person leaves the job (both of which are perfectly legal provided the employee isn’t caused hardship) so at least if the money is kept aside it hasn’t fucked up your normal cashflow if the error is noticed and corrected.
July 24, 2009 at 7:04 pm #1203993this is a link from a proper HR law type place..
Can my employer recover an overpayment of wages from my next/future wages?
July 24, 2009 at 7:18 pm #1203996@General Lighting 342643 wrote:
in some cases employers just deduct the overpayment from the next pay packet (after sending a letter) or the final payment when the person leaves the job (both of which are perfectly legal provided the employee isn’t caused hardship) so at least if the money is kept aside it hasn’t fucked up your normal cashflow if the error is noticed and corrected.
The next question is what is a reasonable time to wait before spending the lolly?
July 24, 2009 at 7:55 pm #1203994if its a temp job probably best waiting until after the contract has ended (its usually then that any audits/reconciliations will be carried out as part of the process to generate P45 etc)
July 24, 2009 at 7:58 pm #1204000As phil says, Leave it to one side Poly.
Actually give it to me. I’ll look after it for you. :weee:
July 24, 2009 at 8:54 pm #1204004sure cliffy, what’s your address?
July 27, 2009 at 11:28 am #1204006legally you are meant to give it back – but obviously you havent noticed/thought you had worked… have you?
July 27, 2009 at 12:11 pm #1203997my mate got paid her wages twice, kept quiet whilst going on a spending spree
they noticed and asked for it back,
she played dumb and said she’d not noticed and it wasnt in her account now, so she is now paying it back at something mad like £5 a month :bounce_fl
spend it on something you want rather than waste it though :love:
July 27, 2009 at 12:53 pm #1204007my mate got over 1200 from a company he hadent worked for in months he knew it was a fuck up so he withdrew it all and they could not do fuck all about it so dont worry i would do the same its not illegal its the companys fault
July 30, 2009 at 2:53 pm #1203998@p0lygon-Window 342626 wrote:
If i was to get paid incorrectly, by law am i supposed to give it back if it was a mistake?
If you don’t and the come back at you . . . “Yo ass is grass”.
August 3, 2009 at 10:48 pm #1204005ok thanks
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