My partner has been working part time for a doctor's practice for 16 years and it has recently come to light that they've made some errors with her salary. The most serious of which is paying her 1 hour a week too much. That equates to between £5000 - £6000. She's never checked it and assumed that they were paying her the correct salary.
Where does she stand legally with regards to the overpayment? I suggested that she offers to pay it back at £100 per month over 5 years, but she wants to pay it in one hit, which she can't afford financially. Can she legally make them a compromise offer of say £4k. She is being penalised for someone else's ineptitude.
Is the onus on the employer to get it right, or the employee to check that the employer hasn't screwed up ?
Where does she stand legally with regards to the overpayment? I suggested that she offers to pay it back at £100 per month over 5 years, but she wants to pay it in one hit, which she can't afford financially. Can she legally make them a compromise offer of say £4k. She is being penalised for someone else's ineptitude.
Is the onus on the employer to get it right, or the employee to check that the employer hasn't screwed up ?