Renfrewshire Council overpays staff more than £1.5million in five years
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dailyrecord.co.ukRenfrewshire Council has accidentally overpaid its staff more than £1.5million over the last five years.While just over half the money has been recovered by the local authority, there is still more than £710,000 outstanding, while more than £43,000 has been written off.The figures were obtained by the Local Democracy Reporting Service via a Freedom of Information request.Council bosses have said a lot of overpayments occur due to delayed notification of an employee’s change in circumstances.The local authority also said it has been starting to see improvement in its recovery rate and, with the majority of overpayments which remain outstanding, there is a plan in place to retrieve the cash.“As acknowledged by Audit Scotland, large, complex.
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