Legal Question in Employment Law in Oklahoma

over paid

If your employer overpays you, are you required to return the payment?


Asked on 12/22/07, 9:28 am

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VOLTAIRE T. DUANO VOLTAIRE T. DUANO LAW OFFICE

Re: over paid

There is a principle in civil law of undue payment, wherein if a person receives something in excess of that which he is entitled there is a natural obligation for him to return what he received in excess of that which he is entitled.However, this natural obligation cannot be enforced in a court of law.This is only up to your conscience whether or not you will return the excess.

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Answered on 12/23/07, 9:38 pm


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