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10. Kroger is within their rights to ask for this money back

Mon May 18, 2020, 11:08 PM

May 2020

At a federal level at least, if an employer finds a previous overpayment do to clerical or math errors, they are allowed to deduct it from future paychecks. Some states have rules restricting how an employer is allowed to go about this.

That said, Kroger should have known that the optics on this would look terrible. Assuming they can afford it, it would have been much more palatable to pay the Stupid Tax and let the employees keep the extra money for the sake of public relations.

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Kroger asking workers to return some of the extra pay they received [View all] Roland99 May 2020 OP

That's not asking. That's TELLING! See the words "listed below are 3 options for repayment"! napi21 May 2020 #1

can this be real? groceries stores have been making money hand over fist greenjar_01 May 2020 #2

No kidding! SheltieLover May 2020 #9

It sounds like... Newest Reality May 2020 #3

ugh Skittles May 2020 #4

Grocery stores have had the largest increase in costs in 50 years. LizBeth May 2020 #5

and? uncle ray May 2020 #6

In their mark-ups and revenue too. brush May 2020 #7

This is ridiculous! SheltieLover May 2020 #8

Kroger is within their rights to ask for this money back Massacure May 2020 #10

Did they share with the employees when times were good? Hell no. lpbk2713 May 2020 #11

Was this one employee or many who were affected? Generic Brad May 2020 #12

Apparently not all frazzled May 2020 #13

I guess I have to ask, was the person overplayed? JDC May 2020 #14