Looking for a bit of advice.
My employer claimed I owed him money amounting to several thousands of pounds in Dec 2014. They said this was due to an overpayment but they were wrong.
I went through records and demonstrated that they were wrong and whilst they did not agree they are no longer claiming I owe them that money but saying its' all very complicated how your pay is made up (which it is).
However in the process I found an error that can't be disputed which shows that for the last 3 years they had withheld £200 each year of money I was due. So now they owe me 3 x £200 = £600 and counting.
To counter this my employer then came up with an argument that I had been overpaid in commission going back several years and in fact I owed them money.
The company receives most of it's revenue in US Dollars and as we are a British company and I am paid in sterling, they used arguments such as:
Transactions may also cross monthly calculation boundaries, so rates for the month can see significant change (in January/February we have already seen USD/GBP rates vary between 1.5635 and 1.5064) and even bigger variations for Euro rates. The exchange rate we have historically used was Interbank, which was an error because we cannot exchange money at that rate. As a micro-business we should have used a lower rate and applied the same charges as our bank applies to us, 2.75%, as a reduction on the achieved result.
They are not willing to provide a detailed breakdown of my commission payments including charges that the bank makes and as far as I am concerned this is just a smoke and mirrors exercise to confuse things. I have always relied on the companies integrity to do the right thing.
They have now suggested we should draw a line and start again, they will waive there claim if I agree they don't owe me money.
Anyway, I am prepared to forgo the money they owe me providing they do not make such a claim in the future, so I am looking for suitable wording that allows me to say ok but I reserve the right to lodge a claim in the future etc etc....
I don't want it to be aggressive but more friendly / non confrontational but should matters escalate further and I need to, I want to be able to bring this matter to the courts as I'm pretty sure they would make them provide detailed breakdowns to support any claim they make.
Thanks in advance.
Milman007
My employer claimed I owed him money amounting to several thousands of pounds in Dec 2014. They said this was due to an overpayment but they were wrong.
I went through records and demonstrated that they were wrong and whilst they did not agree they are no longer claiming I owe them that money but saying its' all very complicated how your pay is made up (which it is).
However in the process I found an error that can't be disputed which shows that for the last 3 years they had withheld £200 each year of money I was due. So now they owe me 3 x £200 = £600 and counting.
To counter this my employer then came up with an argument that I had been overpaid in commission going back several years and in fact I owed them money.
The company receives most of it's revenue in US Dollars and as we are a British company and I am paid in sterling, they used arguments such as:
Transactions may also cross monthly calculation boundaries, so rates for the month can see significant change (in January/February we have already seen USD/GBP rates vary between 1.5635 and 1.5064) and even bigger variations for Euro rates. The exchange rate we have historically used was Interbank, which was an error because we cannot exchange money at that rate. As a micro-business we should have used a lower rate and applied the same charges as our bank applies to us, 2.75%, as a reduction on the achieved result.
They are not willing to provide a detailed breakdown of my commission payments including charges that the bank makes and as far as I am concerned this is just a smoke and mirrors exercise to confuse things. I have always relied on the companies integrity to do the right thing.
They have now suggested we should draw a line and start again, they will waive there claim if I agree they don't owe me money.
Anyway, I am prepared to forgo the money they owe me providing they do not make such a claim in the future, so I am looking for suitable wording that allows me to say ok but I reserve the right to lodge a claim in the future etc etc....
I don't want it to be aggressive but more friendly / non confrontational but should matters escalate further and I need to, I want to be able to bring this matter to the courts as I'm pretty sure they would make them provide detailed breakdowns to support any claim they make.
Thanks in advance.
Milman007
Employer owes me money and now claims he has over paid me and I owe them money
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