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02-23-2009, 12:06 PM
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Microsoft seeks money from laid-off workers
A few weeks after launching the first wide-scale layoffs in its history, Microsoft Corp. admits it messed up a key part of the plan.
The company is asking some laid-off employees for a portion of their severance back, saying an administrative glitch caused the software maker to pay them too much. MSNBC article 
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02-23-2009, 12:57 PM
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What an embarrassement!
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02-23-2009, 02:27 PM
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I wonder what the legalities of that are. What if a former employee has already spent the money? What happens then? Does the company have the right to go after the employee for the overpayment?
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02-23-2009, 04:02 PM
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I know the government can... my mother left teaching for DoD schools, then a year later was notified she had been overpaid because of some technicality. She tried fighting it, but ultimately ended up having to repay it all.
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02-23-2009, 04:46 PM
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must have used vista to calculate the payments
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