I started a new job 6 weeks ago. During orientation I met with the head of admin who explained my payment schedule and told me that for payment I send her a ledger of the work I have done every 2 weeks for review and then she certifies it and I get paid. I get paid via a fee schedule where it’s per task. I have now went through 3 pay cycles where I have submitted my work for review, the admin has certified it, paid me, taxes were taken out and the money deposited in my account. This past week admin contacted me to say that they were incorrectly paying me for one task I was doing and that I should have been paid at a lower fee.
On the meeting they verbally said it was their fault for not catching the mistake. They told me they will be going back to audit my past work and paychecks to determine what I should have been paid and then said I should be getting a letter (sounds like a bill) saying how much I owe them. At the end of this meeting they said they still actually don’t know the exact amount I should have been paid for this task and they will be talking amongst themselves to figure it out before the audit is complete and I am billed.
This sounds illegal to me. I do not have the money to give back to them as I have already spent it and even if I didn’t spend it 40% of it went to taxes before I ever received it. I live in Georgia, USA. I’m writing you all to get information about a labor law or rule I can lead with when I get this “letter(bill)”.
This will not change anything but I will add I am not the only one being audited for this pay mistake by admin.