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❓ Mr. Kirkup asks about employee overpayments within the Police and Road Safety portfolios since January 1, 2017. The Minister's answer outlines the standard recovery process and acknowledges the impossibility of reporting unknown overpayments.

AnsweredQoN 2221Legislative Assembly

Asked

19 October 2017

Member

Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup

Portfolio

Police; Road Safety

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Within the Minister’s portfolio departments, agencies, boards or publicly owned corporations, since 1 January 2017 have there been any overpayments paid to employees and if so will the Minister provide a breakdown of the quantum of each overpayment and the title of the employee who received that overpayment?

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Answered

29 November 2017

Responded by

Minister for Police; Road Safety

Response time

11 days

The recovery of known overpayments to employees are handled as per Labour Relations Circular 3 of 2012, either through mutual agreement between the employer and the employee or through the relevant mechanism outlined in the applicable industrial agreement, ensuring that there is minimal to no impact on the taxpayer in the event of an inadvertent overpayment.
Unknown overpayments, are by definition unknown to department and therefore a complete answer wouldn't be able to be provided.

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