Health Insurance Witholding

[ybnvs]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? connecticut.

My employer now claims that the wrong amount was withheld from my pay for my portion of insurance benefits for the past 4 years, and now wants me to pay that back to the company at a cost of approximately 8 thousand dollars. Is this legal?

[Zigner]

Yes, your employer can ask.

[cbg]

You are free to ask for an accounting of how the amount was arrived at. But in addition to Zigner's answer, if it turns out that the employer is correct and the wrong amount WAS deducted, guess what? You owe them the money.

I know, I know. Why should you pay when it was their mistake. Heard it before.

And the answer is - because you are not entitled to make a windfall off someone else's error. The law doesn't care whose mistake it was. If you should have been paying more for the insurance, the law isn't going to give you a freebie because of an administrative error.

And why weren't you checking your pay stubs?

[introstac]

I have a similiar issue in which my company is now taking back pay for the unpaid benefits, can I control how much they take out per check? I mean, if they were dumb enough to forget to charge for it in the first place, who's to say they won't just keep taking without question. How do I cover my ass, so as not to overpay them? And is it legal for them to take directly out of wages without an official bill? Because, essentially the amount they are taking, it would be beneficial to me to leave the job and get another and start a payment plan from there.

[pattytx]

introstac, please start your own thread and make sure to indicate your state.