Our City seems to have an increasingly difficult problem of handling overpayments and underpayments of various compensation and benefit items through our payroll system. When an employee is overpaid, they seem to fight any attempt by the City to recover the amounts they were overpaid. Conversely, when underpaid, we are not certain how far back we are required to go to pay them the amounts they are due. My questions for the group then, are: 1. Does your City have a policy for recovering funds owed by employees, and/or a policy for paying employees for errors that have occurred in the payroll system? 2. Do you require signed approval by the employee before initiating a payroll deduction for amounts owed? How many pay periods do you allow the employee to pay back the amounts owed? 3. Is anyone aware of a statute of limitations on recovering amounts owed? 4. Is anyone aware of a statute of limitations for amounts owed to employees for payroll errors that go back more than 2 or 3 years? I would appreciate any help that you can provide, and I will be more than happy to share the answers with the group. Thanks for any assistance you can provide. Glenn Steinbrink Fiscal Services Manager City of Fullerton Glenn --- You are currently subscribed to members as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
