Paid twice by work!!!

Savvy_Sue

ACAS are a good place to look for this kind of advice, as well.

carlih1

As someone mentioned money in definately not in abundance in this household, i have a high rental outgoing and two children to keep as well as the usual bills debts car expenses ect.

The money that came out of my bank account was my renewal premium for my car for which i paid on my debit card last year, this comes out automatically if you do not cancel it in time, coinsidentally they wrote to me this morning and not before saying this had been done.

I would have been perfectly happy with a £36 bank charge for this rather than now having to find a way to repay the money back, money is already tight and i did not really need the stress of this over my head.

I am quite worried about approaching my employers about a repayment plan as it is no more there fault that some money has gone as it is mine for getting it in the first place!

Carli

ohreally

carlih1 wrote:

I am quite worried about approaching my employers about a repayment plan as it is no more there fault that some money has gone as it is mine for getting it in the first place!

Your employer caused this state of affairs, not you. Don't get stressed but ensure you inform them that it will place a burden on your finances if they expect you to repay immediately.

jobbingmusician

I've been an employer who has overpaid - many times!! :eek: Usually because someone in the office was too dozy to notice that someone's entitlement to full pay had expired because they'd been off sick for a while and needed to move to half sick pay.

We ALWAYS wrote to the person and made proposals for repayment. Your employer CANNOT legally stop payments from your salary without your consent. However, they will expect you to act reasonably. I would suggest that repayment over 3 or 4 months was the most sensible proposal. However, if they are the sort of employer who wants to play hardball, start with an offer of £5 a week and be prepared to repay over 3 or 4 months

withabix

ohreally wrote:

Your employer caused this state of affairs, not you. Don't get stressed but ensure you inform them that it will place a burden on your finances if they expect you to repay immediately.

Yes, but they've effectively paid this weeks salary as an advance.

I'm not familiar with anything in employment law which prevents them from not paying anything this week, as they've already paid it.

The industry I work in uses the CIJC Working Rule Agreement and overpayments are invariably recovered the following week.

ohreally

iainkirk wrote:

The industry I work in uses the CIJC Working Rule Agreement and overpayments are invariably recovered the following week.

I can assume that this has been a collective bargaining agreement negotiated with UCATT? Why they would agree to this is open to debate, however as i stated earlier this is an area that i sometimes become involved in and there is no way i would advise a member to settle the repayment out the following weeks wage.

scrouge

Firstly its not your fault as some people on here keep suggesting. You did not deliberately set out to be over paid. Anyway the same senario happened to me last year.. i was on a career break from my job, but they continued to pay me for 4 months,, £4000 overpayment BUT i was out of the country so didnt get see bank statements etc.. until 4 payments had been made.
I work for the government so they are obviouslt HOT on doing thingd the correct way, so they asked me to decide how much i could afford top pay them back.. I paid back £150 a month.. A £4000 loan with NO INTEREST is worth taking!!!!!
Stand your ground, pay what suits YOU..... It was their mistake.

carlih1

Hi

I had a telephone call from my employer today asking about the money. I told him the car insurance had come out and could i pay it back in repayments as i could not afford to pay it all back at once. He seemed completely taken aback and not unreasonable more shocked. But at the same time set up a meeting for first thing thursday morning when i go back to work.

I am quite worried about the situation, can anyone advise on what to do, he wants a breakdown of how much i can pay him back.

Carli

Penny-Pincher!!

Just pay it back! If they have paid you double and you have used some of it..make it up with the other payment they paid you. Makes perfect sense to me and dont understand what the problem is.

What would you do if you had accidently paid your rent or morgage twice one month (maybe £500+)? Would you think it would be OK if they offered you X of money each week/month till its paid off....me dont think so?!

Sorry, maybe not the reply you want to hear, but its not your money and it needs to be paid back one way or another.

Could they not just deduct what theyve paid you extra from your next wage?

PP
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ohreally

Penny-Pincher!! wrote:

Could they not just deduct what theyve paid you extra from your next wage?

Thankfully this can't lawfully happen, it would be an illegal deduction from wages. The only deductions permitted are tax, national insurance etc.