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Re: Told I've been overpaid

Posted on: Thu, 8 May 2008 10:01:53 +0100

>> 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?
>
"Aidy" wrote
> That's different as you have formed a contract
> with that person to do the work for that amount.

Yes, but didn't the letter from the OP's employer effectively *amend*
their existing employment contract? That makes it very much the same...

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