Common use of Current Employees Clause in Contracts

Current Employees. (a) If an employee is overpaid, the employer will have the right to recover such an overpayment. (b) Where the employer seeks to recover such an overpayment the employer will contact the employee in writing to request that a mutually acceptable repayment schedule be agreed. (c) In the event that a repayment schedule has not been agreed after twenty-eight (28) days from the date of the written request, the employer will have the right to deduct money from the employee’s ordinary wages subject to the following: (i) any deduction shall not reduce the employee’s fortnightly wage to less than either the minimum wage, or seventy-five per cent (75%) of the employee’s gross fortnightly income, whichever is greater; (ii) the minimum period over which the deductions can be made is thirteen (13) pay periods; and (iii) any deductions will be made in equal instalments in each pay period, except for the final instalment which may be less than the preceding instalments.

Current Employees. (a) If an employee is overpaid, the employer will have the right to recover such an overpayment. (b) Where the employer seeks to recover such an overpayment the employer will contact the employee in writing to request that a mutually acceptable repayment schedule be agreed. (c) In the event that a repayment schedule has not been agreed after twenty-eight (28) days from the date of the written request, the employer will have the right to deduct money from the employee’s ordinary wages subject to the following: (i) any deduction shall not reduce the employee’s fortnightly wage to less than either the minimum wage, or seventy-five per cent (75%) of the employee’s gross fortnightly income, whichever is greater; (ii) the minimum period over which the deductions can be made is thirteen (13) pay periods; , and (iii) any deductions will be made in equal instalments in each pay period, except for the final instalment which may be less than the preceding instalments.