If there is a reasonable belief that a member of staff has deliberately concealed an overpayment, as opposed to a genuine mistake, this may be viewed as theft or fraud and may culminate in criminal proceedings and/or disciplinary action commencing or taken against a member of staff.
Obviously, these types of losses attributed to overpayments are both material and significant. Additionally, it is the responsibility of all stakeholders to return any overpayment because every buyer is a seller at some point.
Dear insert name The purpose of this letter is to inform you that, insert company name (Company) has discovered a payroll error that has resulted in you being overpaid the amount of insert amount. The details of this overpayment are as follows: List the relevant dates and amounts of overpayment.
Notify the employee of the fact that an overpayment has been made, providing them with an explanation as to how this has arisen, together with a breakdown, including the dates and amounts. In this way, both parties will be clear as to the reason for the overpayment and exactly what will need to be repaid in due course.