Insolvency Service Claiming Money back 2 years later
Mariehelene_2
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Hello,
2 years ago I was made redundant as the company I worked for went bust. As part of my redundancy claim I logged I was awed 8.65 days of accrued holidays.
My claim was assessed and approved. Last week the Insolvency Service contacted me to say it shouldn't have been approved and now want the money back.
I contacted the liquidator - the issue is that my old company didn't keep track of days off properly.
I explained everything to the Insolvency Service saying I wasn't comfortable paying back without proof. They are now saying they forwarded my email to the debt recovery service.
Can you advice on what will happen next and whether they can force me to pay back something that was assessed and approved 2 years ago without any proof?
Also is this issue going to affect my credit score?
Best,
Marie
2 years ago I was made redundant as the company I worked for went bust. As part of my redundancy claim I logged I was awed 8.65 days of accrued holidays.
My claim was assessed and approved. Last week the Insolvency Service contacted me to say it shouldn't have been approved and now want the money back.
I contacted the liquidator - the issue is that my old company didn't keep track of days off properly.
I explained everything to the Insolvency Service saying I wasn't comfortable paying back without proof. They are now saying they forwarded my email to the debt recovery service.
Can you advice on what will happen next and whether they can force me to pay back something that was assessed and approved 2 years ago without any proof?
Also is this issue going to affect my credit score?
Best,
Marie
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Yes they can take action to recover (though whether they'd be successful is impossible to say)
It wont affect your credit rating (credit scores aren't a thing) at this stage.
Was this annual leave above the statutory?0 -
Yes it was on top of statutory pay. They approved it at the time and out of nowhere they contacted me saying they shouldn't have approved it.
The issue is that the liquidator has no info about the employees' holidays taken or not taken as the managers never logged anything. So they are unable to prove when I took my leave for example. The liquidator even contacted the company at the time saying the info on annual didn't make any sense.
I'm just wondering if legally the Insolvency service can claim the money back out of no where despite them approving it years ago and despite they don't have any proof.
Also i'm wondering what they mean by Debt Recovery...like are they going to take me to court or to bailiffs???0 -
Mariehelene wrote: »Yes it was on top of statutory pay. They approved it at the time and out of nowhere they contacted me saying they shouldn't have approved it. - I'm pretty sure they shouldn't have paid it in that case.
The issue is that the liquidator has no info about the employees' holidays taken or not taken as the managers never logged anything. So they are unable to prove when I took my leave for example. The liquidator even contacted the company at the time saying the info on annual didn't make any sense.
I'm just wondering if legally the Insolvency service can claim the money back out of no where despite them approving it years ago and despite they don't have any proof.
Also i'm wondering what they mean by Debt Recovery...like are they going to take me to court or to bailiffs???
Possibly, it depends on if you engage or not.
You'll get court papers before it goes to court and bailiffs only enforce court orders so at this stage - nothing dreadful is happening.0 -
Thank you very much - appreciate your feedback!0
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