work has overpaid me and i have spent it what should i do

Night-owl_6

tigtag02 wrote: »

How do you know that the OP isn't paid a *proper wage*

Still a crappy justification though for keeping money you know isnt yours ~ thats the bit your not quite grasping isnt it?

He needs to own up, otherwise well hear about another Tax increase I would say and hope this guy never works for you, my god

Night-owl_6

I am going to tell you something I know as FACT and I DO KNOW IT unlike certian members claiming to when they have no ideal.
I will give you an example here:

If you found £50 on the floor AND - Note the AND, and saw who dropped it and knew where they lived etc and could give it back to them however went and spent it that would be THEFT!!!
And is an offence, dont try saying thats a different story it is the same issues just different

Night-owl_6

The knew "dont leave home without it"

shelly

anewman wrote: »

Also, if people were paid proper wages, they would have no reason to want to keep £3k overpayment. If the employers are stupid enough to pay employees the least wages possible for their work, employees are going to have a need for the £3k :rolleyes: If employees were paid properly in the first place, without a handful of people at the top of the business owning more than 2 houses worth £2 million blah blah.

I worked for a few years on minimum wage. I only got a pay rise when minimum wage increased. If I had been overpaid by even £3 let alone £3000 I would have queried it with my employer as soon as the mistake was noticed, not kept it like you assume all poorly paid people would need/want to.


I'm sure the OP, and indeed anyone who has ever tried to keep quiet about an overpayment would soon be shouting from the roof tops if their wages were short £3000.
That would still be a mistake by the employer but I'm sure the employee would want that mistake sorting out immediately.

Night-owl_6

shelly wrote: »

I worked for a few years on minimum wage. I only got a pay rise when minimum wage increased. If I had been overpaid by even £3 let alone £3000 I would have queried it with my employer as soon as the mistake was noticed, not kept it like you assume all poorly paid people would need/want to.


I'm sure the OP, and indeed anyone who has ever tried to keep quiet about an overpayment would soon be shouting from the roof tops if their wages were short £3000.
That would still be a mistake by the employer but I'm sure the employee would want that mistake sorting out immediately.

Evening/morning??!! Shelly, at last someone with there head on correctly.
Thank you, I am glad you see my point of view:D

syscon

By the sounds of it you knew it was not due, and eventually you will probably have to pay it back, maybe its a case of hard times require desperate measures?

As for all the scaremongering regarding fraud, as long as you were expecting money coming in (tax refund - you can go back upto 6 years I believe) and use the money in good faith believing it was the money you were expecting, then the onus is on them to prove otherwise which would come down to your word against theirs so cant see how they could prove it one way or another, also the way you spent the money could justify that you genuinely expected the income to pay off debts, you could have gone out and spent it on luxuries.

Hope it sorts it self out, if it was me I would have transfered the money in to a high interest account and waited for them to ask for it back.

dexterlevi

They have every right to claim the money back despite it being their mistake.I share some of the views above and would ask why would you even think about spending 3 k before finding out for definate why you were paid it?

A harsh lesson I think.

Iamthesmartestmanalive

Part of my role is payroll checks and there are so many different ways the error could happen so when and how they find out could vary

At my work it could be immediate as part of a salary check, within days when the accounts are imported and the figures vary, at month end when the management accounts are reviewed, when the bank transfer doesnt cover the salaries when they should, at year end when budgets dont match, quaterly when outturns are done

I certainly wouldnt hold my breath on them not noticing and when they do you are going to be in the deep

poppasmurf_2

anewman wrote: »

Surely it's an "unsolicited gift" and the OP can keep it? The same way if someone sends a 50" High Definition Plasma TV to your house you can legally keep it. http://www.consumerline.org/search/?cat=Goods+%26+Services&item=Unsolicited+Goods+and+Services

NO ITS DIFFERENT, theres no such thing as your monthly pay can be called an usolicited gift. I dont think theres a precedent set in law you see.
Heres a story for you a friend of my Mums who works for the council got paid what for it, wait for it, £250000.00 for a months cleaning, she was honest and had to give it back.

Should we set up some TV deliveries?;)

poppasmurf_2

If you want to know the council it will cost you £10, each, my paypal is

:DIm only kidding:D