EDIT: Got it, I am. Sorry for the stupid question, thanks for setting me straight
I'll try to keep this as short as reasonably possible. I worked for a very large company that just about all US citizens have heard of for about five months during 2021-2022. During that time, their time keeping system had some kind of major issue and was down for a couple months. They said that they would still pay us the average amount of what we made on the few paychecks prior to the outage and at the end would pay those who were underpaid and collect from those who were overpaid. It was unreasonable for us to keep track of how much we should get due to their oddly rotating schedule, but assumed at worst I owed maybe $700 due to being out sick a few times. I also was positive for COVID 19 at one point but still got paid, and figured they would have known not to pay me given all the hoops I had to jump through once I had a positive test – I assumed they, like many other companies, were paying their employees who had a positive test and was good on that bit. After their time keeping system was restored, they said they would be issuing statements about “reconciliation payments” in March. I was told by multiple supervisors that those statements had been issued and I never received one. Now, 3 months after I was told they should have been issued and I work for a different employer, I get a letter with those statements claiming that I owe almost $2,500. Some of the numbers make sense (like them paying me while I was out with COVID), but others don't. For instance, there's one week where I worked just a little over 40 hours, and they STILL somehow overpaid me. It has a sheet on the back for me to sign stating that I understand I am legally required to pay it back. It also stipulates that if my employment terminates before I pay it back, I am responsible for paying the amount in full within 15 days via check. – I stopped working there well over 15 days ago. It also says if I fail to pay the amount back within 15 days they will take actions applicable under the law to get what I owe them INCLUDING the legal fees.
Is this seriously legally binding? Would it even be worth lawyering up against such a massive company if it came to that, and risk paying their legal fees in addition to this?