Do I have to pay my company back?
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Do I have to pay my company back?
I have been working for a company for 3 years. I am an employee based on City A. The company has been having me also work at City B 3 days of the week then I drive back to City A. I have been getting paid mileage when I drive to City B to City A. Now, company says that I shouldn’t have been getting mileage and now I
owe them $4,000. Do I have to pay?
Asked on July 23, 2019 under Employment Labor Law, California
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 4 years ago | Contributor
No, you don't. Whether or not you "should" have gotten mileage, they choose to pay you mileage--even if they rethought it later, because *at the time* they agreed to pay you mileage, they have no right to take the money back now. It's like how if they were paying you, say, $25/hour, then decided they could have gotten you to work for $20/hour, they can reduce your wage in the future--but they can't make you give back the money they voluntarily paid you.
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