Overpayments

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  Employment law cases

  Homeworking: Employee who moved north not entitled to London weighting

  In McKenzie-Bayliss v The Crown Prosecution Service, an employment tribunal held that a homeworking employee who relocated to North-East England but carried out work for the South-East region was no longer entitled to receive pay at the London rate.

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  Employment law cases

  Payslips: deductions for overpayments should be itemised, says EAT

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that, where an employee's pay for a period is reduced to recover an overpayment for a previous period, that reduction represents a deduction that should be identified on the employee's payslip.

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  FAQs

  Where an employer discovers an overpayment to an employee only after the employee has left the organisation, what are its options?

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  FAQs

  Where an employer has accidentally overpaid an employee, is the employer obliged to obtain the employee's written consent before making deductions from their salary to reclaim the overpaid amount?

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  FAQs

  Where an employer deducts an overpayment from an employee's wages, can the employee bring a claim against the employer?

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  FAQs

  What should the employer do where a former employee agrees to repay an overpayment of wages discovered after they left the organisation but subsequently fails to repay the money?

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  FAQs

  How would an employer bring a civil claim for restitution to recover an overpayment of wages from a former employee?

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  FAQs

  Where an employer has accidentally overpaid an employee, what might be a "reasonable" programme of repayment or deductions?

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  FAQs

  What should the employer do where an employee agrees to repay an overpayment of wages but subsequently fails to repay the money?

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  Tasks

  Deal with an accidental overpayment made to an employee who has since left the organisation