6520A - PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS

Whitmore Lake Public Schools

Administrative Guidelines

6520A - PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS - OVERPAYMENTS

If a situation arises in which an employee has been overpaid either in salary/wages or fringe benefits, the amount may be deducted from future payments if all of the following conditions are met:

	A.	The deduction must occur within six (6) months of the overpayment.
	B.	The overpayment was caused by an error in calculation, a typographical or clerical error, or a misprint in the processing of the payment of salary/wages or benefit which was made by the District or its representative or the employee or employee representative.
	C.	An explanation of the deduction is provided the employee at least one (1) pay period prior to the deduction.
	D.	The deduction is no greater than fifteen percent (15%) of the gross salary/wages earned in the pay period in which the deduction is made.
	E.	The deduction is made only after all other authorized deductions have been made.
	F.	The deduction does not reduce gross wages below the current minimum wage rate.