if a company continues paying you after you have left your job can they recall the money at any stage ?

Answer 1

If it was paid to you in error then they do have the right to claim the money back from you, how ever if they have not contacted you within a reasonable amount of time you may be ale to keep the money. You need to read - 'the law of estopple'

In British law: You MUST! be able to PROVE!

1 - you did not realise it was paid to you in error
2 - you have spend all the money
3 - you can not afford to pay it back
4 - it was there mistake to begin with
5 - they made no attempt to reclaim the money within a reasonable time.

Answer 2

A Friend was overpaid once leaving a job but didnt realise, she spent the money before the company figured it out. She made an agreement to pay them back in instalments of say £10 a month.

Answer 3

Yes they can. This has happened to me twice. Im in the national guard and it seems like every time I get off of active duty assignments I get payed one or two extra payperiods. What sucks is that they never let me pay them back. They do a paydeduction forever and I get shafted on regular income.

Answer 4

I was paid too much just before I left a job and they took it out of my final paycheck. So probably, yes. May be worth challenging though as it isn't your fault!

Answer 5

If the payroll is a mistake, then yes. You have a legal obligation to refund the money if it isn't yours.

Answer 6

Yes.

Answer 7

I expect so you should give it back now before they do, as it would be awful to have spent it then they ask for it back and you have to scrap it together somehow...

Answer 8

If you kept the money, it would be fraud. I don't think a judge would see that in your favor, do you?

Answer 9

Sadly they can, yes.
There's plenty of old wives tales and rubbish about how it's all yours but it isn't.

Answer 10

Ask yourself, what would the right thing to do be?