Whats fair... Dispute over paycheck?

Question

I am the manager of a County facility that is paid for by the tax payers. One of my employees suggested that they were not getting paid for all they had worked and they would like me to investigate. I told her I would , and that any findings would be amended. (those in her favor or against it). So the next day Ifollowed up with my investigation checking the times clocked in and out, and compared them with the timesheets. After going through 6 months and making copies of all the paperwork I found she had actually been overpaid 14 hrs. when i confronted her about it she was extremly rude and then proceeded to call all of her friends about it and thell them how this job is a bunch of bull s***. I think the money should be taken out of her next paycheck.
Q: Should i take it out of her next paycheck?
Q: should i bring this up to my boss and tell her how rude and uncooperative she was? Thanks

Answer 1

In the case of a county employee being overpaid, I'd recommend you call the county attorney and get a recommendation that the county can stand behind.

One the ruling is made, stick to it. Remind the employee that her action started the investigation in the first place, and that you will not tolerate further rude or insubordinate conversation on her part.

Answer 2

Your payroll person or service should be paying people accurately....if you identified a discrepancy like this, it makes me wonder what else has not been caught. The first thing I'd do is to discuss with the person who handles your payroll as well as your boss. If this is the only employee whose records were audited, you should check into the other employees as well to ensure that you are not inadvertently punishing one person while others who may have been overpaid don't have to pay anything back.

Whether or not the employee is rude is not the issue, and your boss probably will not care. The point you need to make is that upon a prompt from an employee, you did an audit of payroll records and identified this discrepancy. You're concerned that there may be other discrepancies.

Then let your boss and the payroll person decide how to straighten it out. If I were the boss, yes, I would deduct the overpayment from the employee's next check (or over a couple of checks to make it easier for the employee since it was not their fault.)

Your employee's behavior is up to you to manage. If you hear her calling people and telling them she doesn't like her job, call her on it right away and ask her if she intends to submit her resignation. Remind her that you informed her up front that any discrepancies would be adjusted, positive or negative. Tell her that you expect her to act professionally and if she can't manage to conduct herself in that manner, you'll be happy to show her the door.

Answer 3

I would find out from an attorney what the legal way is to get the money back. I would also remind her that she started all this and that if she continues to smear the company that you will report to your boss, and then follow through. She wanted an investigation and if the shoe was on the other foot she would be demanding that you pay her. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.

Answer 4

if she already recieved the money, there isn't a way that you can take it back legally if the mistake was made. I would confront her boss about it and tell him/her that this woman was rude and that she was being overpaid.

Answer 5

Take it out of her
next 2 paychecks
7 hours each check,
and also tell boss about
the mistake.(the rude part
is up to you, but snitches sometimes
get stitches).

Answer 6

if your company over paid her that is your own fault and problem, the money is hers, and you know you would of done the same if you were her. I know I would