Employees asked to return bonuses received 16 years ago.

[Liberal_in_LA]

Workers asked to return bonuses after 16 years

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- About 180 county employees in suburban Atlanta are being asked to return thousands of dollars the county says they were overpaid 16 years ago.

Gwinnett County's chief financial officer, Aaron Bovos, calls it a project to "clean up receivables and to eliminate outstanding obligations."

The county is seeking to collect more than $39,000 from employees who received bonuses in their paychecks in 1994. Authorities blamed the overpayments on a payroll anomaly when the county adjusted employees' payroll cycles.

Employees can apply the money to vacation leave or make a cash payment.

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/bizarre/MI87795/

[FLPanhandle]

1. Idiots. The cost of going after the $39,000 and tracking

Along with the ability to apply money to vacation leave will far exceed the original $39,000.

It's called a write-off fools.

[JuniperLea]

2. Oh hell no... and why did some IDIOT unrec this?

Jeez... people... this is the sort of thing we need to hold up for close scrutiny! FCOL!

[TwilightGardener]

3. LOL. Good luck with that.

[texastoast]

4. Ummm. No.

Grits. Kiss.

[DebbieCDC]

5. A little thing called statute of limitations may come into play here

This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard of.

[notesdev]

7. The smell of desperation

going to see more ridiculousness like this in months to come, until someone finally puts their foot down and stops the looting.

[Hepburn]

6. Anyone else think the Statute of Limitation has run on this?

:rofl:

[TwilightGardener]

8. Probably half those employees or more have moved on, in 16 years.

Some may even be dead. Ridiculous.

[Statistical]

9. That is an average overpayment of only $216.67 per person.

:rofl:

Now I understand the need to cleanup and balance books but just write it off. Once you write off the $39,000 as a loss the discrepancy will be balanced.

[1955doubledie]

10. K&R

:kick:

[treestar]

11. Some people! What nerve!

Surely there is a statute of limitations on that!