Overpayment

[DJNelson]

In New Jersey:

Do I have to repay my employer if they overpaid me?

If yes, do I have any negotiating power over the payback schedule?

 

[Antigone*]

In New Jersey:

Do I have to repay my employer if they overpaid me?

If yes, do I have any negotiating power over the payback schedule?

Yes and maybe

 

[justalayman]

maybe? could you expand on that "maybe".


DJNelson; if you attempt to refuse repayment, you can be sued and possibly criminally charged.

Oh, and you most likely would join the ranks of the unemployed as well.

It is makes it so much clearer if you look at the inverse situation as well:

if they failed to pay you enough, would you have the right to demand the rest of your money?

 

[Antigone*]

maybe? could you expand on that "maybe".


DJNelson; if you attempt to refuse repayment, you can be sued and possibly criminally charged.

Oh, and you most likely would join the ranks of the unemployed as well.

It is makes it so much clearer if you look at the inverse situation as well:

if they failed to pay you enough, would you have the right to demand the rest of your money?

Sorry Just,

Should have clarified the maybe.

Yes, the OP must pay the employer back: Maybe they'd be generous enough to take a payment plan.

 

[cbg]

There are NO CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER under which the law says that if you are overpaid by your employer, the employer has to eat the overpayment and you have no legal obligation to repay them.

Likewise, the law does not grant you the guaranteed right to work out a payment schedule. The employer may be willing to allow it - only they can say.

 

[racer72]

The good news is your employer cannot take everything, you are entitled to at the least minimum wage. Everything above that though can be taken for repayment.

 

[eerelations]

Under the law, you are expected to repay the overpayment the minute you receive it.