payroll errors

lrobb

employee overpaid, never reported it, error caught at end of year. How do you go about recouping the overpayment. Overpayment is a fair amount of money. and would have to be done over a year or more probably.

marc

We have had that happen. We went to the EE, explained the error (which she also should have caught, and since it was raise time, we computed how far into the year she would to go at current correct pay, to be caught up. In this case, it took 11 months.

Once we were repaid, he raise implemented from that point forward.

Peyton Irby MS

Since the employee has received the money for his/her time, the recoupment can be done in the manner most likely to recoup the money. You can agree to withhold a set amount or a percentage of the amount owed per paycheck. Also, you need the to agree that if he/she leaves prior to repayment you can take the rest from the final check. Have the employee sign an agreement for the repayment.

Peyton Irby
Editor, Mississippi Employment Law Letter
Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A.
(601) 949-4810
[email]pirby@watkinsludlam.com[/email]

lrobb

I appreciate your quick responses.