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overpaid at work now they want it back

i have been paid £3.44 too much for 80 weeks at work totaling £252. now they say they want it back even though i highlighted it to various managers at the start , and then just let it roll . my question is do i have to pay it back as it was there mistake to pay me in the first place

captainkirky Wed 02/07/08 20:56

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Jenna1978
Wed 02/07/08
20:58

Yes you do have to pay it back but ask them to be reasonable in how eg a certain amount out of each paypacket per month.

Skyline D
Wed 02/07/08
21:11

Yes you have to pay it back and the fact that you yourself highlighted you were being paid money you weren't entitled to all along means you can't really plead ignorance and ask for time to pay with any real validity. Which is not to say they won't be receptive to collecting over time regardless of course.

Darke-Wood
Thurs 03/07/08
22:16

Previous two answers are correct but in addition remember that your employers cannot simply deduct the amount overpaid from your next salary payout. Make an offer to pay back in equal instalments at the same rate you were over paid. At least if you saved the money you have the advantage of interest.

alponce
Thurs 03/07/08
22:25

If you can prove "they" made the mistake then yes you should be reimbursed however if in a contract you agreed to something else then this COULD be your fault .
my example i could give you would as of a result in a union victory.
I won but be prepared

alponce
Thurs 03/07/08
22:30

Half my answer did not come out on here, so i extinguish myself from this pre supposed question.

voltr4m4x
Sat 05/07/08
12:25

Yes, to put it quite plainly, you will need to pay it back, but you can at least ask for ways and means in which to do so. Let me please also advise that if you fail to pay it back then you could risk prosecution for a criminal offence of theft. Sorry to appear so blunt, but that's the law.

Tichfield
Sat 05/07/08
12:28

If they had underpaid you presumably you would expect them to make an additional payment to you.

It works the same way if they overpay you by mistake too.

neildownx
Sat 05/07/08
19:38

are they going to deduct the extra tax and NI you have already paid out ?????

they may have overpaid you but you have paid extra Tax and NI on that, now they want it back, how are you going to claim the tax and NI back?????

neildownx
Sat 05/07/08
21:57

...think I should retract my previous remark as
according to an accountancy friend of mine
when they reduce your income for the repayment of the overpayment your Tax and NI will also be reduce inline with the reduction... no need to worry about the tax issue

however I do not get it?!!! I was under the impression if you have paid over the odds, when reducing your wages your not getting tax back just paying less inline with your reduced wage...

to me it seems like an accountancy fiddle
i do not trust any of them lol

southern6
Sat 05/07/08
22:04

you could just ask them to take the payment at £3.44 pw.

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