Overpaid Overtime

lori84

I am looking for some advice...I have found out that I have claimed overtime that I shouldn't have and I need to pay this back. My employer has said pay it back at £100 a month which will work out at about £71 out my actual wage after tax and NI. The only problem is that I am helping out my parents pay the arrears on their mortgage until the end of September. Do you think it is reasonable to ask my employer to reduce the amount to £50 until the end of September and then put it up to £100. I would then make up what I have missed in those months too so I will still have paid it off in the same time scale, I am also hoping to pay it off sooner as I want this sorted as soon as possible. Any suggestions/advise would be gratefully received.

Thanks for taking the time to read

AP007

You have claimed overtime that you were not entitled to? Be lucky they are not sacking you honestly

How much is it in total?

lori84

It was an error on a electronic timesheet, something went wrong and it was duplicated over quite a few months so no one noticed until the damage has been done and I was activily doing overtime at time it happened I didn't really notice it in my monthly wages.

Its just under £500 so I was hoping just to pay the whole thing off but then my financial situation has changed.

AP007

lori84 wrote: »

It was an error on a electronic timesheet, something went wrong and it was duplicated over quite a few months so no one noticed until the damage has been done and I was activily doing overtime at time it happened I didn't really notice it in my monthly wages.

Its just under £500 so I was hoping just to pay the whole thing off but then my financial situation has changed.

you will have to ask them but they may just say no they want £100 a month and you have to pay it

workingmother26

Hi there.
I have recently posted with a problem involving overpayment. Unfortunately when it comes to situations like this it seems that generally people tend to take the side of the employer and the worker gets dropped in it without any repercussions for the ones who made the actual mistake. I have been very fortunate in that my employer has been extremely reasonable and dropped the amount that I have to repay so it is always worth asking but be prepared for the worst as well. Good luck!

RichardD1970

workingmother26 wrote: »

Hi there.
I have recently posted with a problem involving overpayment. Unfortunately when it comes to situations like this it seems that generally people tend to take the side of the employer and the worker gets dropped in it without any repercussions for the ones who made the actual mistake. I have been very fortunate in that my employer has been extremely reasonable and dropped the amount that I have to repay so it is always worth asking but be prepared for the worst as well. Good luck!

It's not a question of taking sides but what the company is legally entitled to do.

ValHaller

RichardD1970 wrote: »

It's not a question of taking sides but what the company is legally entitled to do.

I still think workingmother26 has a point. People do tell posters who have this kind of problem to pay it back - often without even suggesting going into it enough to know whether the repayment demand is valid and without reminding them to be sure that gross overpayments are deducted from gross pay.

theoretica

lori84 wrote: »

I Do you think it is reasonable to ask my employer to reduce the amount to £50 until the end of September and then put it up to £100. I would then make up what I have missed in those months too so I will still have paid it off in the same time scale,

At £100 a month it would be paid off at the end of October - to pay it off on the same timescale and £50 a month until the end September would mean paying £300 in October. Do you really mean this? If your employers are nice you can only ask. Or is there any scope to do more overtime?

Takeaway_Addict

workingmother26 wrote: »

Hi there.
I have recently posted with a problem involving overpayment. Unfortunately when it comes to situations like this it seems that generally people tend to take the side of the employer and the worker gets dropped in it without any repercussions for the ones who made the actual mistake. I have been very fortunate in that my employer has been extremely reasonable and dropped the amount that I have to repay so it is always worth asking but be prepared for the worst as well. Good luck!

Its the employee's responsibility to know what they are being paid. one of the mistakes is the employee not checking and as such should they be punished?

You got very lucky with your employers.

workingmother26

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

Its the employee's responsibility to know what they are being paid. one of the mistakes is the employee not checking and as such should they be punished?

You got very lucky with your employers.

I agree with that statement. Is it not also the responsibility of the employer to ensure the employee is paid correctly? It is a two way street and I am in no way suggesting that it's not. I'm simply stating that it seems to be the employee getting the raw end of the deal all too often and I think it's only reasonable for the employer to give some sort of option to pay it pack without leaving people in debt.

Takeaway_Addict

workingmother26 wrote: »

I agree with that statement. Is it not also the responsibility of the employer to ensure the employee is paid correctly? It is a two way street and I am in no way suggesting that it's not. I'm simply stating that it seems to be the employee getting the raw end of the deal all too often and I think it's only reasonable for the employer to give some sort of option to pay it pack without leaving people in debt.

Sorry I didn't make it clear, the ultimate responsibility is with the employee to check things are correct. Of course an employer should check as well but its a bit like paying the correct tax. The employer should get it right but the employee is ultimately responsible.