I went on medical leave back in March and decided to terminate my employment in May. HR tells me that the company mistakenly paid me for longer than they should have. Now they want to bill me for all the wages, plus the portion of medical benefits the company paid on my behalf. Can they legally charge me thousands of dollars when it was their error?
I went on medical leave back in March and decided to terminate my employment in May. HR tells me that the company mistakenly paid me for longer than they should have. Now they want to bill me for all the wages, plus the portion of medical benefits the company paid on my behalf. Can they legally charge me thousands of dollars when it was their error?
Thank you for your answers. I will add that I have direct deposit, so I was not cashing the checks.
Also, part of my leave was supposed to be paid, so I expected payments to stop when my paid time ran out. (I did NOT bother to calculate when that would be!)
Finally, I was told before my leave that I was not ALLOWED to make any timecard adjustments while on leave. That was my boss's responsibility.
My responsibilty was to submit my medical paperwork, which I did.
So no, I was not being greedy and was not trying to be fraudulent.
kentata
Yes - and you should have paid it back in the first place.
cirestan
Yep, perfectly legal.
In fact you can be chraged with fraud if they think you knew about it.
Taze
unforuntaly they have the right to charge you for overpaid wages.
aceZX7
Well, truth is, you were aware that they were giving you more than you should have been receiving, and you cashed it anyways....
Yes, they have every right to do so. They made a mistake, you should have alerted them to it, but your greed took control. Now youre screwed. Should have saved all that extra cash until you KNEW it was yours....
Good luck.
bc_munkee
Yeah, you owe them all of it.
even my fake tan is fake!
yes they can
it will be in your terms of employment/contract
solo
Yes but they have to be reasonable in terms of how you have to repay it.
Unfortunately it is a debt if they can prove the mistake ... now if they miscalculated a bonus (without declaring the calculation) then tried to take it back that would be another story.
Ölrún
Talk to a lawyer...
goober_head_13
Yes they can do it, and they can even garnish your wages if you refuse.
dasmitchies
That depends, is your Medical leave PAID? If it is then they can't charge you. If they paid you during your leave when it was unpaid they can hammer you good.
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