Venture
15-Jun-09, 10:03
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1193009/Barclays-bank-worker-given-double-pay-error-getting-it.html
It seems that this Barclays Bank employee has come up smelling of roses after a dispute with her employer about her salary being doubled accidentally. To have a jump in wages from £9500 to £17,000 seems unbelievable for anyone to accept without query. She has won her case against her employer and won't have to pay back the £20,000 overpayment.
Now I'm sure that if I had extra cash paid into my bank account by Barclays that I'd be made to pay it back and would probably be prosecuted for supposedly knowing that it was happening and doing nothing about it.
Do you think as a bank employee that she just accepted the increase without query when she signed the contract because she genuinely thought this was what she was entitled to or did she know all along there had been a mistake and went along with it? She only works part-time so there are bound to be others in the same job as her who weren't being paid that amount. Dosen't seem that there was any discussion on wage comparison with fellow workers at the time which is what most of us would have done I think.
Well she's won her case now whether we believe her or not with the added bonus of the tribunal judge stating that she should continue to be paid the £17.000 salary. Alright for some.;)
Would you have done, queried it or accepted it?
It seems that this Barclays Bank employee has come up smelling of roses after a dispute with her employer about her salary being doubled accidentally. To have a jump in wages from £9500 to £17,000 seems unbelievable for anyone to accept without query. She has won her case against her employer and won't have to pay back the £20,000 overpayment.
Now I'm sure that if I had extra cash paid into my bank account by Barclays that I'd be made to pay it back and would probably be prosecuted for supposedly knowing that it was happening and doing nothing about it.
Do you think as a bank employee that she just accepted the increase without query when she signed the contract because she genuinely thought this was what she was entitled to or did she know all along there had been a mistake and went along with it? She only works part-time so there are bound to be others in the same job as her who weren't being paid that amount. Dosen't seem that there was any discussion on wage comparison with fellow workers at the time which is what most of us would have done I think.
Well she's won her case now whether we believe her or not with the added bonus of the tribunal judge stating that she should continue to be paid the £17.000 salary. Alright for some.;)
Would you have done, queried it or accepted it?