wage overpayment

maggiem1965

Hi
I was employed full time but thought that my wages were for a part time role. When the mistake came to light over £4000 later I was told that I would have to repay the money even though the error was on the part of my employer. I will be effectively unemployed from the end of august 2013 with only the prospect of agency work which is not guaranteed. I will not be able to say how much my income will be for the foreseeable future but have offered to pay £10 per month and have sent the first payment. I have had a letter back saying that my offer is not acceptable and they want a certificate of earnings- they have not returned my payment. Can they refuse my offer under the circumstances. Any advice would be welcome as I worried sick !
M

Denning.

Yes they can.

How much savings have you got?

DCFC79

They can do it, be amicable with them and they might be likewise.

scooby088

Firstly ask for a receipt for the money you have sent. Do a statement of affairs with all incomings and out goings. and then offer the said £10 again. If they refuse, they would take you to court and then let the court decide the amount you need to repay per week or month. It maybe more or less than you offered.

By all means be reasonable but don't agree to something you cannot afford to repay back to them. And has you have stated your employment cannot be guaranteed with temporary work.

yvonne13_2

maggiem1965 wrote: »

Hi
I was employed full time but thought that my wages were for a part time role. When the mistake came to light over £4000 later I was told that I would have to repay the money even though the error was on the part of my employer. I will be effectively unemployed from the end of august 2013 with only the prospect of agency work which is not guaranteed. I will not be able to say how much my income will be for the foreseeable future but have offered to pay £10 per month and have sent the first payment. I have had a letter back saying that my offer is not acceptable and they want a certificate of earnings- they have not returned my payment. Can they refuse my offer under the circumstances. Any advice would be welcome as I worried sick !
M

OP you were employed full time what made you think you were being paid for a part time role? The overpayment doesn't make sense if that be the case.....

You know what your on per annum, so why didn't you question your take home pay £4000 earlier?

McKneff

Do you actually mean that you were working part time but being paid a full time wage, that's the only way you would be overpaid.

Cant understand how you didn't notice to be honest.

I would just follow the advice above.

maggiem1965

sorry - As u can see in a tizz!!
As some of you mentioned I was working part time but paid full time- reason I didn't notice was that I was never given a part time contract so I was working on the basis that I was earning less than what I thought I'd earn if I was working full time. Also I was on emergency tax for about 4 months and I was working some extra hours on top of my contract so for 5 months my pay was different every month.

Gas_Powered_Toothbrush

maggiem1965 wrote: »

over £4000 later I was told that I would have to repay the money
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but have offered to pay £10 per month.

Can they refuse my offer under the circumstances.

Yes they can refuse, given that offering to pay back £4000 at £10 a month will take over 33 years.

Do you believe the offer you made was reasonable?

Takeaway_Addict

maggiem1965 wrote: »

sorry - As u can see in a tizz!!
As some of you mentioned I was working part time but paid full time- reason I didn't notice was that I was never given a part time contract so I was working on the basis that I was earning less than what I thought I'd earn if I was working full time. Also I was on emergency tax for about 4 months and I was working some extra hours on top of my contract so for 5 months my pay was different every month.

If £10 is all you can afford then thats all you can afford and if they take you to court that is all you have to pay.

However, if you are just offering that because you don't really want to pay it back then you'll lose.

Make an offer that is reasonable to how much money you have spare each month.

The debt isn't going away and make sure you get a breakdown on what you owe.

yvonne13_2

maggiem1965 wrote: »

sorry - As u can see in a tizz!!
As some of you mentioned I was working part time but paid full time- reason I didn't notice was that I was never given a part time contract so I was working on the basis that I was earning less than what I thought I'd earn if I was working full time. Also I was on emergency tax for about 4 months and I was working some extra hours on top of my contract so for 5 months my pay was different every month.

Sorry but your story still doesn't make sense. Not having a contract has nothing to do it, you would've got a wage slip and the full break down would've been on there.

I still can't figure out how much you thought you were on to have been overpaid by £4000 within 5 months. 4 of them were emergency taxed plus you worked a couple of extra hours.....

E.g £800 over payment per month which included emergency tax plus a couple extra hours overtime.....Nope I still don't get. 20 days a month is standard, are you saying all the overtime you done took you over full time hours?

Kayalana99

yvonne13 wrote: »

Sorry but your story still doesn't make sense. Not having a contract has nothing to do it, you would've got a wage slip and the full break down would've been on there.

I still can't figure out how much you thought you were on to have been overpaid by £4000 within 5 months. 4 of them were emergency taxed plus you worked a couple of extra hours.....

E.g £800 over payment per month which included emergency tax plus a couple extra hours overtime.....Nope I still don't get. 20 days a month is standard, are you saying all the overtime you done took you over full time hours?

Doesn't change the fact OP has been abit stupid not to check these things but it is totally understandable... I think their basicly saying they didn't know how much they were earning salary or hourly(and no paperwork to show for it) and just accepted what they got paid was what they were earning.

Wageslips don't always have 'everything broke down'