"PDR" wrote in message
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> "Joe Lee" wrote in message
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>> The letter may have been a mistake on their part. You are not entitled to
>> keep an overpayment as a result of an error made by your employer.
>
> Err...yes you are - sometimes, anyway (unless the law has changed
> recently). If you are overpaid as a result of a mistake made by your
> employer AND you had reasonable grounds to believe the amount received was
> correct AND you have already spent the money (and would therefore suffer
> hardship paying it back) then the employer may not reclaim the money -
> it's the same with excess balances in bank accounts.
Surely the last condition does not hold true in this case.
There is no requirement to pay it back other than working a number of hours
in lieu of it - & here it should be borne in mind they are not his
contractual hours, but what the OP terms as "extra hours".
IMO the OP has _in effect_, been paid in advance of work done & therefore
has sufferred no loss, indeed he has gained a benefit in the form of payment
in advance of work done.
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Joe Lee
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