Overpayment letter - current employee, current year OP



DateDateMr/Ms First Name SurnameAddress 1Address 2Dear Mr/Ms SurnameThis letter is to advise you that you have been overpaid salary for the period from ________to _________due to (schools must provide the reason/explanation for overpayment). The amount you have been overpaid is ($ total net amount). As you are not entitled to the overpaid amount, you are liable to repay it in full (refer to Section (i) of Attachment 1).The repayment option available to you is personal payment by electronic funds transfer (EFT), either:in full ($ total net amount) orin regular instalments. If you wish to pay in instalments, please contact (contact name) to discuss the repayment amount and frequency.Further information about how to make repayments is included at the end of this letter.Should you wish to appeal for relief from all or any of the liability to repay the overpayment, you may write to the Department setting out the grounds and attaching any supporting documentation for consideration (refer to Section (iv) of Attachment 1). In assessing any application for relief, the following circumstances will be considered:Enduring financial hardship as distinct from periodic financial hardship Reasons of compassion (e.g. ongoing and debilitating medical condition/family distress). Please advise (contact name) of your choice of repayment option or other action you wish to take within 14 days of the date of this letter. If you have any concerns regarding this matter, please contact (contact name and phone number).Yours sincerely(Principal)How to make repayments:Payment OptionAdditional InformationPersonal payment by EFT - direct payment to the DepartmentAccount Name: DET Revenue AccountBSB: 033222Account Number: 190007Description line: Include your Employee ID (record number)Personal payment by EFT - credit card paymentUse PayWay-Make a Payment facility, available at: .au Select Make a Payment and use Biller Code 124644.Personal payment by cheque or money order(Only where employee has no other means of making payment)Payable to the Department of Education and Training and send to the school.Attachment 1In accordance with Section 56 of the Financial Management Act 1994, I wish to draw your attention to certain matters relating to salary overpayments:(i)Despite any Act or rule of law to the contrary, an officer is liable to repay to the State any money paid to him or her by the State to which he or she was not entitled. - S.56 (2).(ii)Without limiting or affecting the right of the State to recover an overpayment by any legal or other process, the State may recover an overpayment from the officer by deduction or deductions from any amount due by the State to that officer. - S.56 (3).(iii)A deduction under sub-section (3) from salary or wages due to the officer must not exceed one tenth of the salary or wages, before any deductions, whether under this section or otherwise, to which the officer is entitled. - S.56 (4).(iv)An officer may apply in writing to the Minister (c/- the Manager Schools HR Services clearly outlining the special circumstances and attaching all relevant supporting documentation) to be relieved from all or any of the liability with respect to the repayment of an overpayment and the Minister may at any time in his or her absolute discretion by writing relieve the officer from all or any of such liability. - S.56 (6) ................
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