Error on payslip

I'm appalled that people who are paid extra in error don't immediately draw attention to the mistake and repay the money without question
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I understand the ethics and what not, and i should have repaid it, so please don't slate me in your replies. I just want advice.
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colin79ie said:
Glad to hear there's some honesty left in us!

The error was made by a person whom I never met, nor have spoken to, in a small office many miles away from my place of work. I had to fight for months a few years back to get my tax credits up to date, so I think I will question their admin skills.
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Clubman

clearly the OP has already stated he is not in day to day contact and is really not relevant to the topic
 
I don't understand the relevance of those two quotes...I'm expressing my astonishment at people discussing if when and how you pay back money that was never yours.
See it in your account, tell them, give it back. Simple
 
and i stated in my post that i wanted advice, not a reply about moral responsibility - hence the quotes.

simple.
 
cunninst said:
and i stated in my post that i wanted advice, not a reply about moral responsibility - hence the quotes.

simple.
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Cunninst, you didn't start the thread! And you weren't talking about dragging out the repayment of money received in error either.

Equally simple!
 
a couple of things:

1. the amount is presumably quite small (1 month increment) so is it really worth keeping?

2. if the company finds out and you resist repaying (if even legal), they'll get it back somehow - eg. a 3% payrise next year instead of 4%, or reduced (if any) bonus.

3. if they find out and you refuse to repay, then your future at this company is over, you just won't realise it.

4. how financially savvy do they think you are? if you have previously been underpayed, how quick were you to flag it? if they find out without you notifying them, someone will figure out that there is a high probability you knew but said nothing, again game over.

do the sensible thing, flag it now, get them to deduct it from next pay run and everyone's happy.
 
Colin

I can't answer your question on where you stand legally on paying this back, but as everyone else said it appears to be a clerical error and if you were to say nothing and keep it then I hope you don't love your job too much as your not doing yourself any favours in the long run.
The same thing happened to me last month, I was paid for 46hours too much on my end of month pay. I pointed this out straight away as I noticed the hours on my payslip and it is being decucted out of my next pay. I'm just glad I noticed it and it wasn't pointed out to me.

H.
 
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