My employer overpaid me. They are demanding I pay it back.
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My employer overpaid me. They are demanding I pay it back.
Since 2014 my non profit employer
overpaid me. They are now demanding I
pay back the overpayment. Am I legally
responsible for their mistake? It’s
less than 400.
Asked on June 20, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Michigan
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
The fact is that you will need to re-pay the money. You have no entitlement or right to that extra money. If this seems unfair consider this, if your former employer accidentally underpaid you, you would want it to make up the difference, correct? And further, you’d have a right to make them do so. The fact is that the law does not favor what is known as "unjust enrichment".
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