Overpaid Wages - What about holiday?

myothercarisaferrari

thats for temporary workers I believe?

Just set up a an amount you can pay. You knew they overpaid you and used it so why shirk out of it if it wasnt yours to spend?

DevonGirl

Sorry Gromit, I know you don't want to hear this, but I don't think quoting government guidelines from a training website are going to help here, when you're coming from the angle of having an outstanding debt from 3 years.

Had you left without the overpayment and were then looking for reimbursement you might just have a case, but I can't see how you can start applying the letter of the law when you took money that wasn't yours, as Horace pointed out yesterday. Sorry, not being argumentative, but that's how it is...

Tixy

3years ago the statutory entitlement was 4weeks (i.e 20days for full time per year).

Therefore you are entitled to 0.385 days per week you worked. Work out exactly how many weeks you worked for them. If there were any bank holidays during your employment that you took off this would count towards you entitlement.

Perhaps you could write to the solicitor saying you believe you are entitled to X holiday days which equates to Y amount in money and therefore you agree you owe £447.98 minus Y.

You could then offer to repay over a period of time (say 6months) depending on what you can afford. As others have suggested maybe include a statment of affairs to prove you cant afford to pay it all at once.

They could turn round and say no to the holiday but could be worth trying at least.

Kilmaley01

Like I said, I knew at the time they had overpaid me but they never wrote to me about it until this letter out of the blue.

I'm holding my hands up to that money going into an overdrawn account - just think they were obliged to pay me my holiday. They are a small firm, local, from what I hear, not doing very well and thats my guess why they are coming after it. They dont have a very good reputation as employers and do have a large staff turn over.........and thats not me griping, thats how it is.

I'll write and see what solicitor says.

Thanks