> "Top Man" wrote
>> At my workplace I do extra training work with students
>> for which I get a small amount of money extra.
>>
>> In February I got a little more more than normal (about £400)
>> but this was covered by a letter from my employer telling me
>> that I was to receive this higher amount a few weeks before.
>>
>> Yesterday I was told that my employer made a mistake and the amount
>> paid should have been what it normally is!!! They will recoup the extra
>> pay by not paying me for the extra work I do until the money is repaid.
>>
>> Is this legal? After all I have a letter from them saying that
>> was the money to be paid to me and that's what I got!!!
>>
>> TM
>>
>
"Rob graham" wrote
> They made a mistake. Are you not allowing them to put it right? If
> you'd made a mistake would you expect the 'victim' to be obdurate?
That's a little unfair, isn't it? Suppose you made a mistake by telling
someone you'd pay them £X for doing something (although you
meant £x), the other person does it & you pay them £X, then
later you say "sorry, I only meant £x -- give me the extra back!"
Would you expect them to happily pay you back, when you had
initially told them you'd pay them the full £X for the service?
Note the OP received a letter from their employer
beforehand ("a few weeks before") telling them of the
increase in pay. What if they only continued doing the
extra work on the basis that the letter was correct?
"Rob graham" wrote
> If a bank paid you someone else's money would you expect to keep it?
If the payment came out of the blue and was unexpected, then
of course not. But isn't it a bit different if the bank said you'd
be getting it in return for something you did, and you did it ... ?
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