Double paid almost a year after leaving - and being asked to pay it back

yessuz

Thrugelmir said:

yessuz said:

Thrugelmir said:

A mistake has been made. You can either voluntarily refund the money or your ex-employer will pursue the matter to recover it. The choice is yours to make. 

Well sad.

Even sadder when people haven't been brought up to do the right thing without having to ask. 

Eh?!

How the hell would I or anyone else know thst they made a mistake "without asking"? Could you elaborate?

Or what you imply here?

yessuz

MalMonroe said:

It isn't your money, though. That is reason enough to pay it back. Yes?

Well duh...

Although I thought (well, I still do) that they owe me few times more than actually paid. Hence was the question. More over the question was raised because I have no contractual obligations with them 

Anyhow, it's clear.

P.s. Out of curiosity (leaving all morality aside) - imagine someone transferred 100k out of the blue to your acc. Wouldn't you want to explore all options for finders-keepers and such?

[Deleted User]

No, bceause finders-keepers legislation doesn't apply beyond the age of three.

yessuz

You sure?

I am sure, that with a reasonable amount and reasonable lawyer would make the case

[Deleted User]

A reasonable lawyer wouldn't take on a case like yours. You'd need someone from the other end of the spectrum.

You'd better call Saul. 

GrumpyDil

If you genuinely feel you were underpaid when you left then your option was to deal with that at the time by raising it with your ex employer.

As regards the money you received it's akin to you accidentally sending a bank payment to the wrong account and the recipient deciding to hang onto it and not returning it. How would you react then? 

yessuz

Of course would try to recover. Hence asking about legal aspect

Dakta

Legal aspect is easy. It knows mistakes happen

Who's money is it

Should the person holding it have it

Banks make this error occasionally and lives have been ruined by people trying to cling on to what they know they aren't entitled to. Interestingly enough it's normally the same people as they tend to spend first think later and the banks do want it all back.

pinkshoes

You do indeed have the option of refusing to return it.

Go spend it! Have fun!

But ultimately that money is not yours, so if you ignore their return request and they start legal action, you may find the amount you owe increases with added fees!

yessuz

pinkshoes said:

You do indeed have the option of refusing to return it.

Go spend it! Have fun!

But ultimately that money is not yours, so if you ignore their return request and they start legal action, you may find the amount you owe increases with added fees!

Fair enough and fully understandable