andrewsmith
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New Jersey
I have a twist on the common questions I have found regarding employee overpayment and subsequent salary reductions by employers to recover such overpayment's. In my case I work for a company which issues cost of living raises once a year in addition to general raises. This time period was a month after I started. I got the raise as part of the cost of living increase in 2008. Now, almost a year later I'm told that this was a mistake and that the fine print in some document I have never seen tells me that as a new employee I must be with the company for a year before getting such an increase. My questions is simple: Since it was completely reasonable for me to believe that this raise was valid - since everyone else got it - I was a happy employee and adjusted my lifestyle and budget accordingly. Now I'm asked to pay it all back including taking the tax hit until I get that money back when I file my taxes at the end of 2009.
Do I have rights? Even if I have to pay this back, I have incurred costs. I'm a happy employee and want to remain with the company - but it strikes me as most unfair.
Thanks.
I have a twist on the common questions I have found regarding employee overpayment and subsequent salary reductions by employers to recover such overpayment's. In my case I work for a company which issues cost of living raises once a year in addition to general raises. This time period was a month after I started. I got the raise as part of the cost of living increase in 2008. Now, almost a year later I'm told that this was a mistake and that the fine print in some document I have never seen tells me that as a new employee I must be with the company for a year before getting such an increase. My questions is simple: Since it was completely reasonable for me to believe that this raise was valid - since everyone else got it - I was a happy employee and adjusted my lifestyle and budget accordingly. Now I'm asked to pay it all back including taking the tax hit until I get that money back when I file my taxes at the end of 2009.
Do I have rights? Even if I have to pay this back, I have incurred costs. I'm a happy employee and want to remain with the company - but it strikes me as most unfair.
Thanks.