I left a company I had worked for. I gave them two weeks notice, I had one week vacation time left and my paycheck had been held for the first two weeks when I started. They are now claiming I was overpaid. I am looking at the totals and If I take all of the above into consideration, I can only see a possible one to two weeks of overpayment. they paid me for six weeks. If they did, which I am not yet convinced, am I required to pay back the money. I live in the state of Tennessee in the nashville area.
2007-04-12 11:35:38 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
It does not sound like a company who's bookkeeping you should trust. I would suggest a call your state's attorney generals office. Unless you signed an agreement of some sort stating that back payments would be repaid, etc, I don't see that you owe them anything. You are no longer and employee at their company. I listed a website below that has quite a bit of information for your area.
2007-04-12 11:44:56 · answer #1 · answered by Cirra 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hey I'm from Nashville too. But yes you are required to pay it back. If you don't they may sue in court to garnish your next paycheck. It's not worth the trouble because if they win, you would also have to pay for court fees, unless in the beginning you signed a paper for arbitration only, which means, one person designated by the court (probably someone with accounting/payroll specialty in this situation) will come in and make a decision (instead of a judge).
Hope you have all your papers in order. Calculate everything thoroughly. There's sill a chanve they may be wrong! Good luck
2007-04-12 11:42:30 · answer #2 · answered by Mya B 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-03 22:27:38 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Suppose you send in payment for your electric bill and you send too much money. Should the utility think of it as a gift? Or do they owe it back to you? The answer is pretty clear. If someone overpays you, they made a mistake and you must repay the money. Otherwise, they'll probably sue you.
2007-04-12 11:47:47 · answer #4 · answered by Larry 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it's true they overpaid you, they can sue you in small claims court (or district court if the amount was larger than a small claim).
If you ever want to use them as ANY kind of reference on future job applications, I'd pay them back, pronto (again -- assuming they are correct).
If you can prove the money is yours... it's an unexpected bonus.
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2007-04-12 11:42:12 · answer #5 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If they had underpaid you and you had just noticed, would they be required to pay you what they owed you?
Come on. Once the error is discovered, it's called "theft" if you hold onto it. You are both legally AND morally required to give it back.
I would have done it just because I have morals. The law would have never have had to come into play.
2007-04-12 11:40:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you are not 'required' however it would be unethical to keep the money. Tell your supervisor or human resources person and see what they think and what they advise. If they believe it will create a larger hassle to give it back then keep it, otherwise do not risk anything especially something unethical.
2007-04-12 11:39:57 · answer #7 · answered by Krazy T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to side on the answer of your having to pay them back. If they underpaid you when you left would you have recourse to collect the money they owe you? Well, the same goes for them. Since they over paid you, you owe them money. They have a right to collect it from you.
2007-04-12 11:39:38 · answer #8 · answered by Mr. G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask for the complete details of what they owe you. Then figure out what you are sure that they owe you based on your records. If they paid you too much then you legally would have to pay it back.
2007-04-12 11:40:39 · answer #9 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you were overpaid, you are required to pay it back.
Call the payroll dept. and ask them why they think you were overpaid. They should be able to explain it to you.
2007-04-12 11:39:08 · answer #10 · answered by kl_candles 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋