Hi All, First post. I have an issue with a former employer. I received my final pay slip and they deducted a significant amount from it. This was put down as a overpayment... Let me explain. Their payroll period for December 2010 was the 1st to the 31st. So I was paid for that period in December. But in the middle of December they changed their payroll period from the 16th of December to the 15th of January. In January therefore I was paid for that period. Now what they are claiming is that I was overpaid for the 12 days in December where the two payroll periods overlapped. So my last pay packet i was paid for the 16/02/2011 - 15/03/2011 LESS the 12 days in December. I don't know about anyone else but that sounds a bit harsh, bearing in mind that I did not receive any additional money, and nothing in my contract about deductions or the letter that was issued that notified us about the change. Also the payroll change wasn't optional, and I didn't benefit monetarily from the change. I think this is squarely against the Employment Rights Act 1996 for retrieving overpayments since it was entirely the employers fault AND no mention of the right to deduct this money was in my contract. What say you?