Salary misclassification repayment
Does anyone have experience dealing with wage overpayments at a state agency?
I have been working for the state for several years now and found out this week that my salary was misclassified right from the start, resulting in an overpayment of wages by about $900 a month currently. I had no idea, of course. After taxes and deductions and everything else my take home pay always made sense to me in terms of my written offer, although admittedly I was not hired for my math skills.
I will start receiving my correct salary with my July paycheck and I am expected to repay over $10,000 of past overpayments. Does anyone have experience with the repayment process? I have had no contact yet with payroll staff with whom I will be discussing options at some point.
Also, the classification I was mistakenly assigned was not a union represented role, although the one I was hired into was supposed to be. So I have been denied years of union status. When I first started I was extremely interested in taking on an active role in the union and when I was told I was not a union eligible employee I was very disappointed. I’m so excited about being part of the union it almost makes up for the pay upset. The first thing I did after learning about the state’s mistake on Monday was to email my SEIU rep, but haven’t heard anything back yet. Does anyone have experience dealing with SEIU? I was really hoping I would get a quick response to my email and it feels a little concerning that so far it’s crickets.