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What is the name of your state? Arizona
I quit my job at the end of the month to purchase my own business. I wrote a letter of resignation with a two week notice and personally gave it to my boss. On my last day of employment I had to find our HR representative to get my exit interview and was told she new nothing about ending my employment.
The HR representative did do an exit interview with me but did not have my last check for me so she told me that they would send it to me. I did not receive a check in the mail buy on the next scheduled pay period for the company I received a receipt for a direct deposit in to my bank account and thought that this was my last check that they owed me.
Two weeks later I received another direct deposit notice from the company on the standard pay date. I then looked at my records and noticed that they had paid me a full check for both of the pay periods. I then contacted my previous employer and told them about the error and they said they would look in to it.
My questions are as follows.
1. Can my previous employer sue me for fraud?
2. Can they just take the money out of my account?
3. Should they expect interest for the time period that I had the money in my account?
4. I know that morally I should give the money back but I am getting advice from some people to keep the money as a "gift" from the former employer?
What should I do, and how should I legally handle this situation so I can't be sued.
Thanks in advance,
Jamie
I quit my job at the end of the month to purchase my own business. I wrote a letter of resignation with a two week notice and personally gave it to my boss. On my last day of employment I had to find our HR representative to get my exit interview and was told she new nothing about ending my employment.
The HR representative did do an exit interview with me but did not have my last check for me so she told me that they would send it to me. I did not receive a check in the mail buy on the next scheduled pay period for the company I received a receipt for a direct deposit in to my bank account and thought that this was my last check that they owed me.
Two weeks later I received another direct deposit notice from the company on the standard pay date. I then looked at my records and noticed that they had paid me a full check for both of the pay periods. I then contacted my previous employer and told them about the error and they said they would look in to it.
My questions are as follows.
1. Can my previous employer sue me for fraud?
2. Can they just take the money out of my account?
3. Should they expect interest for the time period that I had the money in my account?
4. I know that morally I should give the money back but I am getting advice from some people to keep the money as a "gift" from the former employer?
What should I do, and how should I legally handle this situation so I can't be sued.
Thanks in advance,
Jamie