over payed by agency where do i stand.

kiercb5

I got overpaid by a recruitment company I do temping work for when I was on holiday a couple of weeks ago and didn’t realise until I was back in Australia - and it was spent!

I agree that I owe them the money and am willing to pay it back. My query is whether they can decide how much to repay each week or whether we should negotiate what I can afford.

Since the overpayment they have not placed me in a full weeks work, and also have placed me in jobs which were much lower paid – leaving me with hundreds less per week.

My worry is that they will not pay me any wage until this is repaid – the total overpaid is $900.

They are insistent they want it all back before the end of the tax year. I’d like to negotiate paying $100 – 200 back per week,

My query is Is this allowed? Can they dictate the repayment schedule?

Mellor

kiercb5 wrote: »

My query is Is this allowed? Can they dictate the repayment schedule?

Yes and no.
They can dock your pay until you get to 900. realistically this should only be a weeks work. You can't do much about it and its sorted pretty quick.

If not working for them. You can refuse to pay it back on their terms. And go with 100 per week. They'd have the money back soon enough. There's little they could do to stop you doing this. however, you are ruinign your chances of ongoing work.

Personally I wouldn't particularly care about burning bridges with an agency, its not really long term option.