I along with another peer of mine were WFR'd in April with 1 week severance for me (2 but they count the week you worked as severance) received a FedEx letter this week stating they overpaid our severance and please pay XXX amount back within 1 week. I have asked several times this week via email back how they arrived at their overpayment amount (as I do not agree with the amount claimed to be "overpaid") and they will NOT provide the details. They just keep telling us it's correct and any incorrect tax calculations will be corrected on our 2017 W2. Really? How many other people has this happened to since becoming DXC and are you challenging their "overpayment" amount -I recommend you do challenge using the email provided in the letter.
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Looks more like fraud or rather trick. When you return money to someone there cannot be any further claims against that person/entity. So in case of a class action suit of payment of salary instead of a paltry allowance, you would not be included as you have absolutely no-claim since you returned money back.
.. this is the legal stance... so dont return any money back to DXC. Let them file a case to claim the money back as excess.
Yes, I was contacted for over payment which I sent back. Now my W-2 states that I made XXX more than I did. In other words, I am will be paying taxes on the money I sent back plus another couple of thousand. There is absolutely no person to contact and no website to contact because I don' t
have a DXC username. (The company was HPE when I quit and DXC sent out the return.) I can't file taxes unless I get a W-@2 . Is this fraud or oversight?
This is to the OP, what was the resolution of the overpayment? Did you return they money? If not did they come after you with a law firm or did they eventually give up and not further pursue?
@NfKazHd-4dqn - I am challenging their amount as it doesn't add up from a tax perspective. Double taxed. Taxes paid from so called initial incorrect amount and deducted again on new amount. I have also sent this to multiple IT Media outlets. Microsoft did the same thing several years ago and once it hit the news, they told the employee's to keep it. I recommend everyone challenge the new "net" amount and taxes taken out and how these taxes will be corrected!! I have not paid it back yet. I know several people have contacted lawyers (not me yet) and I don't know the outcome or details. Need to get this out in the public!
I also received an overpayment notice. Has anyone contacted a lawyer for advice?
Also the over payment might be related to vacation days taken. If you took more vacation days than you had accrued to date they should have deducted the difference. The whole process being used is sloppy and likely they did not take in consideration vacation when calculated the final severance due.
Assuming DXC in the US.... Look at your WFM letter for the Severance Payment Amount (before tax withholdings). Then look at the Minus Working Notice amount. That should match the amount of Current Earnings for the Regular Earnings entry. Then for your Total Net Severance Payment Amount (before tax withholding) to be paid to employee should match the YTD earnings for Severance Bonus. I have two statements. My first post working statement was short significantly. The second was a catch up. It all added up. I got an email from hr-ams@dxc.com indicated a error inputting my severance by payroll. And that I would get that second payment.
The email gave hrconnectus@hpe.com as a contact for questions.
I also emailed 'payroll.usa.inactiveee@hpe.com', hr.usa.wfm@hpe.com, 'hr_connect_us@hpe.com', and 'hr_global_services_usa_wfm@hpe.com' with my questions.
If it's a few thousand dollars, keep it and don't spend it. Do not contact a lawyer. That's a waste of money. Just stall and stall and stall some more. Eventually DXC will write it off as a loss. They are not going to hire a lawyer and pay the lawyer more and increase their loss.
Call a lawyer.
Make em eat xhit. They hire low quality low pay 3rd wonder world employees they get what they deserve. Play dumb, delay, copy your lawyer and complain harrassment. Give em a taste of there own medicine.
They can kiss it.
Same here. A check issued with no itemized detail. Received Fedx claiming overpayment and demand repayment.
Same strategy when dealing with customers. Not surprising..
Tell them to kiss you arse.
I didn't see/notice an overpayment-The company did. If paid back, it will result in less then I thought I would be receiving. Just curious how many others were "overpaid" and what they are doing about it.
If the repay demand is within reasonable limits of the overpay you noticed and you are not losing your original severance money in the process ... is it worth fighting people with more lawyers on call than you count with all fingers and toes of your entire family?