My employer is a county council .there was a pay scale restructure 5 years ago which meant that my grade stopped at grade 8 . At which point a bar was imposed on any pay rise apart from standard of living pay rise . some workers wanted to progress thro this to grade 9 which was a new role with additional duties , were interviewed and given this grade .i was happy to stay at grade 8 .
I got a call to say there was an error and I passed through the bar as if o was grade 9 and as such had been given an increment each year .i had assumed this was the standard of living rise as I assumed I could not go thro the bar as it was blocked to my grade .
So now I find I have
A reduced wage - quite right as it was never really mine .
But on top of that a dept which they want to recover which will have significant impact on us as it will add up to less 300 pm with reduction and dept
I rang acas and they said there was a possible challenge I could make as there was a case of Lincoln social services v .. Acas cdnt re all - and the person won the case as they had made decisions based on what they thought their income was when they too were paid wrongly .
I'm in too minds wether to challenge as I was overpaid but equally this will have serious consequences for us .acas said they thought this was a legal mistake . Any employment lawyers out there please ,? Thanks .
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Overpaid in error for 5 years ! Help please.
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ginorwine · 12/02/2016 00:11
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