I work from home as a project assistant. I have my associates and a certification on project management from udemy. The job is supposed to pay 25 an hour biweekly. Right. So I started work on March 23rd. However they were paying me A LOT more. No one noticed. I just left my abusive ex and I am filing for bankruptcy to rebuild our financial future. My lawyer said to move money from one account to another before filing so I did. My employer caught this overpayment because I re did my direct deposit. They asked why didn't I say anything but I figured it was a pay increase because of my credentials. Fortunately I didn't get fired because it was a mistake i
on their end. Nowww, I gave them back the overpayment which was like 10k . Fortunately I didn't spend it. I'm rebuilding my life and I had it saved up. But now after this correction. I received my new pay and it's still overpaid. What should I do? What can happen if I don't give it back? Can anyone find out? Because technically this is on payroll and not on me. Like if I wait to tax season could my employer find out about the overpayment then? This is also a temp position with the ability to go on longer for a year. _i started on march 23rd and I love the job and my boss, blessed to have it and don't want to lose my position. Any advice and counsel is appreciated.
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I had an overpayment in the past and they notified me with the option to pay it back in installments or they would adjust my next check. I dont know if it varies by state but from what I understand even though it was a mistake on hrs part I was still responsible to return the money and they were giving me the option to make payments as a courtesy

I would just go back to them and point it out. Because the first time they agreed that it was a mistake and as you said you could have got fired but the second time how do you explain that? Just be honest and hope it is a correct pay increase