lutesolo 78 points 3 years ago

As someone on the receiving end of this, it may not pan out for you. I was verbally told I was getting a raise, then my paychecks showed I got a larger raise. I thought nothing of it and enjoyed the extra money, thinking of myself as a hard worker who was worth the extra.

Months later, someone noticed the discrepancy. Queue the company informing me that the overpayment will be taken in one lump sum from my next paycheck, which would have made me unable to make rent. I convinced them to spread the repayment across as many checks as they had overpaid, but that was a pretty miserable experience to say the least.

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Norgur 96 points 3 years ago

Can't really happen here, since the contract had the twisted numbers as well. So they have that amount in writing with signatures and all.

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RaivoKulli 2 points 3 years ago

I think in some cases you could get fucked if it can be shown that it's an obvious mistake

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shalafi 82 points 3 years ago

You in America? If so, you got screwed and need to call your state labor board.

At least in Florida, they cannot pull that shit. If they put it in your bank account, it's yours. End. Think of all the scams people could pull if they could drop money in your account and then demand it back.

SOURCE: Worked for a payroll firm. If we overpaid someone, or paid the wrong person/account, too damned bad, all we could do was ask nicely for it to be returned.

CAVEAT: The bank can sure as hell pull your funds if it's their mistake.

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BottleOfAlkahest 15 points 3 years ago

This is likely state dependent. I've seen them pull back funds from people in MD. That was some years ago now though so that may not still be possible there.

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ryathal 5 points 3 years ago

They might not pull funds, but they can absolutely deduct that money from future checks.

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Serdan 74 points 3 years ago

I'm pretty sure that would have been illegal where I live. Paying someone the same amount each month is an implicit contract. You can't just suddenly go "whoops" and not pay for a month.

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Vlyn 30 points 3 years ago

Depends on what's in the contract, black on white. If the contract says x amount and they pay you y (and you don't speak up), they can get that money back as it was a bookkeeping error.

If the contract says the higher amount then they can't take it back, written contract always wins over verbal.

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teruma 6 points 3 years ago

In California at least, they're allowed to ask, but I don't think they're allowed to require.

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RickyRigatoni 5 points 3 years ago

Meanwhile if they verbally promise you a raise and don't give it to you there's jack shit you can do because verbal agreements aren't enforcable when it's convenient for them.

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shalafi -1 points 3 years ago

Which is sane. So anyway...

Sorry, gotta go. That's my employer calling to verbally offer me a raise.

(Over here laughing imagining all the people suing because, "I swear he offered me a raise! Nah, for real!")

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FUCKRedditMods 3 points 3 years ago

(Should be “cue the company” not queue)

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