Common use of Salary Overpayments Clause in Contracts

Salary Overpayments. 46.1 A salary overpayment is any payment in respect of salary, allowance or leave, whether the overpayment is by accident or otherwise, to which the employee is not entitled. 46.2 In the event that an employee has received a salary overpayment, the Agency will recover the overpayment in accordance with this clause. 46.3 Where a salary overpayment has occurred, the Agency will advise the employee in writing, as soon as practicable, of the: (a) pay period(s) in which the overpayment occurred; and (b) nature of the overpayment; and (c) gross and net components of the overpayment; and (d) process for recovery of the overpayment; and (e) proposed recovery rate. 46.4 The Agency and the employee will agree on a reasonable recovery rate having regard for all of the circumstances prior to any recovery being made. Where agreement cannot be reached clause 46.6 will apply. 46.5 Any such agreement may include recovery of the salary overpayment by the Agency: (a) as a lump sum; or (b) by payroll deduction from salary