Paternity Pay

grantv3

Employer (a county council) has taken my paternity pay this month (child is 15 months old!). Just wondering whether this is OK? I nlunderstand it needed to he paid but the fact that its been this long is worrying. Is there a time limit on when they could take it? Or is it just bad practice on their part? 

Andy_L

What do you mean by "taken"? That they've recovered a previous overpayment?

grantv3

Andy_L said:

What do you mean by "taken"? That they've recovered a previous overpayment?

Sorry. For clarity it's been deducted from my pay as was entitled to 2 weeks leave (1 week at full pay, 1 week at half pay). 

YBR

So there has been a justified deduction from your pay?

Owing to you having taken more than 2 weeks leave perhaps - you've not given much detail.

And this deduction should have been taken over a year ago (again I'm guessing really).

I think the bottom line is that you owe it

How much is this deduction relative to your pay? If it is a large amount it would be good practice to take it over several pay packets, particularly as they have taken so long to make the correction. (Note: good practice, but not obligatory)

grantv3

Not doubting the fact that it is owed. But the correct procedure according to policy is for it to come from my next pay packet. Not a year later

HampshireH

grantv3 said:

Not doubting the fact that it is owed. But the correct procedure according to policy is for it to come from my next pay packet. Not a year later

When it didn't come from your next pay packet a year ago did you highlight it to your employer or hope you'd get away without paying it back?