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    overpayment by umbrella

    hi guys hope you can help with the following:

    I worked with an umbrella for 3 weeks when I started my new contract. I gave them a weeks notice as required that I was leaving them to start operating under a limited company. I recieved the 3 weeks wages from them as expected. they promised me something like 85% take home, though it was actually more like 66%. usual umbrella fabrication.

    My agent then began paying me as a vat registered limited company directly into my company bank account. All was well with the world.

    The umbrella then paid me an extra week, even though I wasn't working with them any more. They paid this money before the agent paid them, even though the agent was not going to pay them as I had left the umbrella and gave them the required notice. the agent knew this, the umbrella knew this.

    the umbrella then starts hassling the agent looking for a wage to cover the weeks overpayment, and the agent informs them that no wage is coming as I am now working through my limited company.

    the umbrella then writes a letter to me stating they have made an error and can they have their money back.

    where do I stand legally?

    thanks

    #2
    Originally posted by gandy666 View Post
    where do I stand legally?
    You repay the money and that's the end of the matter.
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      #3
      why should I - they made the mistake

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        #4
        Originally posted by gandy666 View Post
        why should I - they made the mistake
        You're either a troll or a moron, I can't decide which.

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          #5
          Originally posted by gandy666 View Post
          why should I - they made the mistake
          Dishonesty will not serve you well both personally and in business.

          Word gets round...

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            #6
            Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
            You repay the money and that's the end of the matter.
            WFS.

            Legally, it's not your money.
            Honestly, it's not your money
            Actually... it's not your money.

            So you give it back.

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              #7
              Originally posted by gandy666 View Post
              why should I - they made the mistake
              So why are you asking us? Would you be happier if we agreed with your dishonesty?

              Take some responsibility - do it or don't do it. But don't ask us to fit in with your view of right and wrong.
              "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
              - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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                #8
                Oh and PS - you can whistle for your SC if this gets ugly...
                "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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                  #9
                  Keep it. It's obviously your money if they made a stupid mistake.

                  Or something.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Batcher View Post
                    Keep it. It's obviously your money if they made a stupid mistake.

                    Or something.
                    I've changed my mind. Batcher's very serious response is right. Hopefully whoever made the mistake will get sacked too. That'll teach 'em.

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