Paying back maternity pay

glentoran99

So you never got an invoice for the first amount? the only invoice you received in the correct amount?

Guest101

There is only 1 correct amount.


This was offered as a full and final settlement, or anything of that nature. So regardless of what they told you, and even if you now pay the £900. If they then calculate it should've been £1100, you'll have to pay £200 more.


Equally, if they then calculate it's £700, you'll be owed £200.

ViolaLass

sangie595 wrote: »

I don't exactly see how you are "suffering". They have overpaid your wife, you always knew they had overpaid her, and you still know she has been overpaid. So they have "loaned" you money which they now require back because in choosing not to return to work she has a debt. How is this "suffering"?

Not quite fair, the money was only owed once the wife decided she wasn't going back to work. She was not 'always overpaid'.

That said, OP, you owe it. TALK to her UNION!

sangie595

ViolaLass wrote: »

Not quite fair, the money was only owed once the wife decided she wasn't going back to work. She was not 'always overpaid'.

That said, OP, you owe it. TALK to her UNION!

I don't deal with fair - I deal with accurate. The OP said "she informed the school that she would not be returning to the school when her maternity leave had finished.", So knowing that she wasn't returning she accepted payment which is an entitlement to returners. The school was obliged to pay it as she could have changed her mind, but she knew she wouldn't. So it still doesn't constitute "suffering".

And writing UNION is capital letters won't really help if the OP's wife isn't in one. Given that union involvement has not been mentioned, and the majority of posters on here aren't in unions, then the odds are that the OP's wife isn't in one either. Because that would usually be the first port of call and not the last.

ViolaLass

sangie595 wrote: »

I don't deal with fair - I deal with accurate. The OP said "she informed the school that she would not be returning to the school when her maternity leave had finished.", So knowing that she wasn't returning she accepted payment which is an entitlement to returners. The school was obliged to pay it as she could have changed her mind, but she knew she wouldn't. So it still doesn't constitute "suffering".

The OP doesn't make it clear when his wife told the school. She did not have to tell them at the beginning of her maternity leave and may have told them towards the end. However, I'm not arguing that she suffered - I too was dealing with accuracy.

And writing UNION is capital letters won't really help if the OP's wife isn't in one. Given that union involvement has not been mentioned, and the majority of posters on here aren't in unions, then the odds are that the OP's wife isn't in one either. Because that would usually be the first port of call and not the last.

The OP's wife is a teacher. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-32116168 says that 97% of teachers are members of a union. My advice stands.

sangie595

I did not suggest when the school were told or even whether the school were told when she decided. I said that they had always known she would owe money back from the point she decided not to return. Which is the case.

And maybe the OP's wife is in a union - but hasn't bothered to contact them. Or maybe, knowing she wasn't returning, she stopped her union membership like many teachers (and others) who are not returning do. But it does seem odd that with all this difficulty nobody has thought to ask the union if they are members.

ViolaLass

sangie595 wrote: »

And maybe the OP's wife is in a union - but hasn't bothered to contact them. Or maybe, knowing she wasn't returning, she stopped her union membership like many teachers (and others) who are not returning do. But it does seem odd that with all this difficulty nobody has thought to ask the union if they are members.

Indeed, these are all possible. The OP hasn't said either way whether his wife is a member of a union or whether they have thought of/tried contacting them and I will stand by that advice until such time as it is shown not to be relevant.