Do I have to repay wages?

ftb999_2

Hi all,

I got a situtation where I work for a company that provides IT support services for schools.

I get paid a yearly salary where I get two months off for the summer (jul and august). Apparently if I dont stay until october, I have to pay the holiday salary back as stated in my contract.

However, i just got told that once they make the payment in to my account theres no legal way that they can get the money back. I therfore can keep the money..

So can anyone shed any light?

cheers

frank

viktory

They are within their rights to take action to recover any overpaid wages.

pelirocco

They would take legal action to get to repay

Googlewhacker

ftb999 wrote: »

Hi all,

I got a situtation where I work for a company that provides IT support services for schools.

I get paid a yearly salary where I get two months off for the summer (jul and august). Apparently if I dont stay until october, I have to pay the holiday salary back as stated in my contract.

However, i just got told that once they make the payment in to my account theres no legal way that they can get the money back. I therfore can keep the money..

So can anyone shed any light?

cheers

frank

Depends when their year is, if you have not worked a full year to accumilate the time for those two months then you will only be paid the time off that you accumilated. As long as they meet their contractual holiday and it is above statutory they can claim back any extra payment.

SarEl

ftb999 wrote: »

Hi all,

I got a situtation where I work for a company that provides IT support services for schools.

I get paid a yearly salary where I get two months off for the summer (jul and august). Apparently if I dont stay until october, I have to pay the holiday salary back as stated in my contract.

However, i just got told that once they make the payment in to my account theres no legal way that they can get the money back. I therfore can keep the money..

So can anyone shed any light?

cheers

frank

Dream on! It is called "debt" and if you owe them money that they have paid you but which you are then not entitled to - oh yes they can get it back. And in the process possibly land you with a county court judgement and a bad credit score. My advice would be to not even think of going there...

Hammyman

ftb999 wrote: »

Hi all,

I got a situtation where I work for a company that provides IT support services for schools.

I get paid a yearly salary where I get two months off for the summer (jul and august). Apparently if I dont stay until october, I have to pay the holiday salary back as stated in my contract.

However, i just got told that once they make the payment in to my account theres no legal way that they can get the money back. I therfore can keep the money..

So can anyone shed any light?

cheers

frank

Yes, its rubbish. By law they have the right to reclaim the money including taking you to court for it. Whilst they cannot remove it from your account, they can stop paying you until its returned or take legal action to recover it.

shikoku

They can't take it back from your bank account, but they could take you to court to reclaim it.

Whether or not they would actually do this is very debatable. Companies consider this sort of thing to be very bad publicity.

You could pay a game of who blinks first, but if they actually start court action it would be time to pay if you want to avoid a CCJ.

David_Brent

Beleive me they would take you to court, I have 'dealt' with someone in the medical profession that got paid 3x their salary in error... and they refused to pay it back. You will go to court and you will lose your job. :-)

getmore4less

What does the contact actully say?

What hapens at the other school breaks?

There will be minimum payments required based the contract and statutory requirements

if you leave you need to work out what these will be.

Premier_2

ftb999 wrote: »

... i just got told that once they make the payment in to my account theres no legal way that they can get the money back. I therfore can keep the money...

You were just told wrong.

They can pursue all the usual legal channels to recover money they are owed.