Apparently, this very large company (Fortune 100) I used to work for overpayed me due to clerical error. (I don't agree) And now they sent me a nice letter saying that they are sending me to collections because I have not paid the money back. This is the 1st I'm hearing about it. So, can a company do that? Can they LEGALLY ask for the money back? Thank you in advance for all of your replies and help.
2006-10-13 06:38:21 · 3 answers · asked by curious george 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
They can ask for anything they want, but getting it is quite another matter entirely.
I had this same situation recently with a client. The company asked for reimbursement claiming that they overpaid for a particular pay period. My first response was to ask them to match up what she had submitted for time for that period with what they paid her for, which proved that the error was not her error, but theirs. That being done, I pointed out that this was the second such error they had made in a twelve month period with this one employee, and that I was concerned that there might be other errors. After all, if they can overpay, they can underpay. I politely requested (which is Legalese for "demanded") a full accounting of her time submitted and paid for the previous two years, and gave them a deadline of April 15th, for obvious reasons.
We never heard from them about it again.
2006-10-13 06:45:05 · answer #1 · answered by open4one 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was not a clerical error.
In fact, you and somebody at the Payroll Department stole from the company that money.
The company will file criminal charges against you and the one in charge of the payments.
The District Attorney will offer a deal to your partner and he will walk if he testifies against you.
If you are arrested and convicted you will be in prison for several years.
This is specially truth if the "clerical error" was with many employees and millions of dollars were stolen.
This is not about paying the money back.
This is about your freedom.
I strongly suggest you to pay the entire amount right now.
2006-10-13 07:24:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have never heard of that, try taking the letter to a lawyer, maybe she/he can send them a reply and as soon as they see it is from a lawyer they will most likely back off
tha answer above mine (open4one) sounds like you will be fine. :+)
2006-10-13 06:47:25 · answer #3 · answered by chastityelizabeth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋