Just need a "you did the right thing" response

MrMonkey

You did the right thing. Just make sure you bring it up at your next review so that your boss knows how trustworthy an asset you are.

laurar3

Similar thing happened to me this year and I had got paid 30 hours more overtime thani should have, equated to appox £400 clear.

Called salaries and they told me it was definately correct and when I said to them twice more it wasnt and when they checked it again it was for one of my members of staff who really couldnt afford to have not been paid it. So although I amy have got away with it I would have felt terrible forever and at least my file at HR is as clear as I am.

You definatley did the right think and with good karma something nice/good will happen to you now. :A

pinkshoes

You definitely did the right thing, and sods law states that if you didn't notify them, they'd discover the mistake and make you pay it back in a month when you were broke!

pandora205

This renews my faith in human nature. It's good to hear of someone who is honest and moral. Well done.

looby-loo_2

What goes around comes around

A long time ago I job shared 5 days a week. I worked 2 3/4 hours and the other lady worked 2 1/4 hours. HR split it 50/50 as that was what they were told we were doing by the line maager.

I questioned it and they sorted it out very quickly. The other lady said she knew but had kept quiet. Then she told HR that she also said she thought it was fair enough because I was more qualified than her so I got more pay I wouldn't miss it!! Of course she had to pay it back and she was so embarrassed when word got round.

At the end of the year I got the permanent contract and she was offered nothing. (I expect there were other reasons)

retrocircles

morally, you did the right thing.

BUT it's not illegal to keep it. if an employer overpays you they cannot ask for it back. you can CHOOSE to give it back, but it is their mistake which YOU don't have to rectify.

i went through this. i was overpaid by £350 & so was my colleague. we both we told by our HR dept that if we wished, we could pay it back. otherwise, keep it as they couldn't force us to pay it back.

we kept it!

MenstrieBen

it was the right thing and only fair as you would have been on the phone quickly enough if it was the other way round!

as others have said it will be found out, and its a lot easier to give it back if you haven't already spent it

its happened to me (both ways) and always been sorted quickly enough - think of the extra good karma you've got now

glitterycloud

i think you did the right thing, a colleague of mine was over paid by £1000 one month (i think MoD throws its money away) and never fessed up i would not feel comfortable being over paid wondering if and when they would request the money back. I don't know what happened as he never publicly declared he had the extra money he just told a few mates.

tinkerbell84

retrocircles wrote: »

morally, you did the right thing.

BUT it's not illegal to keep it. if an employer overpays you they cannot ask for it back. you can CHOOSE to give it back, but it is their mistake which YOU don't have to rectify.

i went through this. i was overpaid by £350 & so was my colleague. we both we told by our HR dept that if we wished, we could pay it back. otherwise, keep it as they couldn't force us to pay it back.

we kept it!

That is absolutely not true. I'd say that 95% of employment contracts state that the employer can recover overpayments.

pinkshoes

retrocircles wrote: »

if an employer overpays you they cannot ask for it back. you can CHOOSE to give it back, but it is their mistake which YOU don't have to rectify.

Codswallop!

If an employer makes a mistake and overpays you, they can ask for it back.

If you didn't spot the mistake and spent the money, then they can't just demand it back if you haven't got it, but they are entitled to ask for it back, and you'd have to pay them in installments.

If they underpaid you and made a mistake, then you can also ask for that money!