RE: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice

date posted 13th January 2006 00:46



Speak to your local Citizens Advice bureau. They're good with this kind =
of
thing.

I think your bro has a good case for 'keeping' the money. He didn't do
anything wrong and acted in good faith. However some employment =
contracts
have clauses saying that employees have a duty to return 'incorrect
payments'.

I'm no lawyer, but... The person who should have won the money, should =
take
legal action against the company for negligence in incorrectly issuing
his/her rightful winnings.

However, looking at the big picture, if your bro likes his job, he may =
just
back down and offer to pay it back in installments or something. He may =
be
vilified if he refuses to pay it back. But it all depends on the =
individuals
involved and the culture within the company.

In any case, he shouldn't do anything until he's spoken to the CAB.

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> Before Xmas my brother won an in firm lottery thing at the company
> where he works - =A3500 - pretty handy before christmas you'd agree.
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> On Monday (9th of Jan) he went into work and they reckoned that there
> was a mistake. Someone else won it. The manager asked my brother how
> he is going to pay it back.
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> My brother isn't disputing the other person should have won. But
> he's already spent the money and as he did nothing wrong thinks it
> was the company's mistake so it is their problem.
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> Any suggestions for how he should handle it? Anyone got any ideas
> about the law that applies here (given that there's prob no lawyers
> on this forum I won't take it as legal advice)?
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> Rich Quick
> http://www.richardquickdesign.com
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