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Article 46 : recovery of monies

46.1 In the event of a payroll error where an employee was overpaid, the University shall notify the employee as soon as possible. Unless an agreement has been reached with the employee and the University, Human Resources Sector within thirty (30) calendar days of the overpayment, the University shall subtract the moneys owed up to a maximum of 15% of the gross pay, starting with the first pay check that follows, until the overpayment is paid back.

46.2 In the event of an error in an employee's pay for which the University is responsible, the employee shall be promptly reimbursed and notified of the corrected error.

46.3 In the event of termination of employment or other similar cases, the University can take the amount of overpayment from the moneys owed to the employee at the time of his last pay.

46.4 The maximum duration of a reimbursement agreement with an employee is twelve (12) months of payment. At the end of this period, the amounts must be recovered.

46.5 The University can only recover the money that have been overpaid during the twelve (12) months prior to the notification of the error to the employee.