Wage Payments

New and Updated

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  FAQs

  May an employer recoup an inadvertent overpayment of overtime pay in one pay period by not paying the employee for overtime actually worked in the next pay period?

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  FAQs

  May an employer initiate a direct deposit reversal to recoup a wage overpayment?

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  FAQs

  May an employer recoup a wage overpayment if it would result in the employee being paid less than the minimum wage for a pay period?

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  FAQs

  Does an employer need an employee's consent to seek a refund of overwithheld FICA taxes due to a wage overpayment?

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  FAQs

  May an employer garnish the wages of an overpaid employee to recoup the overpaid amount?

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  FAQs

  How can an employer prevent the nonrepayment of overpaid wages that may result if a new employee quits shortly after receiving a signing bonus and other benefits?

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  FAQs

  Should an employer accept an employee's uncashed paycheck from a prior year as reimbursement for a wage overpayment that occurred in the current year?

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  FAQs

  Must an employer wait until an employee pays back the full amount of a wage overpayment via pay deductions spanning several years before filing Forms 941-X and W-2c?

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  FAQs

  For purposes of recouping a wage overpayment, is there a dollar amount that is considered too small to be worth recouping?

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  Letters and Forms

  Request for Employee Acknowledgment of a Wage Overpayment Letter

  This letter may be used to inform an employee of an inadvertent overpayment of wages, and to secure the employee's authorization for the employer to recoup the overpayment via payroll deductions.