Received my wage slip in the post today and noticed I'm being paid £280 expenses which match precisely what the company had paid into my account a month ago. I'm pretty sure payroll have duplicated it. Seems strange they're sticking it on my payslip as this isn't their normal method in paying back expenses. So moral dilemma, what to do? It is tempting to keep quiet but know it could come back on me.
There is no moral dilemma. It's not your money and you know it.
Question should be, do I want to risk my job for £280. I wouldn't.
Keep it if you live in India... You'll live out your life like a Raj.
Or query it with payroll if you like in the Uk and don't for fired for gross misconduct over £280.
Have you actually been paid it. or has it jist been included for tax purposes ?
When i get milage in the car i get it through my expenses, but it then shows up on my wage slip also as a taxable expense as its over 45p /mile
FFS, just own up! Who do you wnt to be!?
Hand it back. I've seen people sacked for that.
My pay is due on the 15th so haven't been paid yet.....I've just mulled it over and I'll send an email tomorrow. I don't think I could sleep with that on my mind. Cheers chaps.
Yep check paid and pay slips to confirm. Until you know if it's made it to your account then you don't know if you have. Obviously own up if you have.
My expenses are usually around £1k every 2 months. I got paid twice once in error. Told our finance dept as soon as I was aware.
Likelihood is they will find out anyway at some point and all the claims that you didnt notice really wont wash. They probably wont sack you but your card would certainly be marked.
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Back in the day of paper money in brown envelopes my company paid me £50 too much. I knocked on the MD's door to let him know and he said thanks for being so honest. An hour later he came to see me and gave me £100 as a thank you and it did my prospects a world of good.
Most companies would probably just claw it back off the next pay slip - far easier to process than having you pass it back. Unless it was a huge error, like my employer made with me a few years ago. They paid me mileage at the full 40p/25p/mile rate, for two years instead of the correct 17p/mile for people with car allowances.
During this time I clocked up, well, a lot of miles. Being a newbie, I thought it was normal & only figured out what was going wrong when I was comparing notes with a colleague.
I raised it with payroll, who just looked a little bemused, said "oh well" and let it go.
The way you drive you probably needed the extra cash to break even...
In the marea that was truer than you'd think!
If you are an MP then obviously its your 'right' to expenses way above your actual outlay...however, I'm guessing you're not and this type of event can provide a company with a very quick way of getting rid of you should they wish to.
Do you really need to come onto a forum and ask a question like this? FFS
Send an email to Payroll/your line manager explaining the situation.
wait and see what happens.