While the University makes every effort to ensure that employees are paid correctly, occasionally errors are made resulting in an overpayment to employees, which may go undetected for some time. 

Recovery of Overpayments: The University fiscal rules require the repayment of any salary, wage or other overpayments made to State employees. Amounts owed by an employee to the University require immediate arrangement for payment and repayment must be made within 30 days of the department notification from payroll.

If the overpayment is nominal, it may be deducted from the employee’s next pay with written acknowledgement from the overpaid employee. In some cases, the overpayment may be significant and require a repayment schedule. If the overpaid employee cannot repay the amount owed within 30 days, then payroll will pass the amount to Business Financial Services Collections department. At this time, the employee will have an option of working with internal collections on a repayment plan. The objective is to recover the overpayment as quickly as possible while considering the creation of an undue hardship on the employee.