This is an appeal by the complainant against a decision of the Adjudication Officer. The complainant alleged that there had been an unlawful deduction from his wages and sought reimbursement of same. The respondent company claimed that the complainant's letter of appointment had, through an administrative error, wrongfully stated that on his promotion he was promoted to point 2 of the relevant scale, when it should have been point 1.

This resulted in an overpayment of €3,569.93. The complainant was later made aware of this overpayment and informed that the overpayment would be deducted from his wages over 73 fortnights. Following representations from the complainant the respondent agreed to reduce this amount to €1,289 over 12 months.

His union