Employer demanding back money after a year?

[Guest]

Hi

I previously worked for a company doing 60+ hours a week and decided enough was enough so I handed my notice in.

The company had previously given me a bridging loan which I signed for, for around £800 which was to cover a lay off period over Christmas.

After handing in my notice I received a letter saying all money owed by them or me would be settled**within 2 weeks.*

I received a final payslip etc which wasn't the full amount Id also paid off so much a month before this, they also took my tax rebate without my knowledge. which was around £150* I dont think that this will have added up to the full amount owed but they've now come back over a year later saying I still owe them £600 when I havn't previously received anything about it at all since I left.*

Are they allowed to do this is this legal?, Im not sure if I have all the correspondence as its so long ago

Any advise would be greatly appreciated*

Thank you

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[Celestine]

Do you at least have Bridging loan paperwork? A loan would probably attract interest.....
What amount do you think you managed to repay via deductions made at the point your employment ended.*
It's a messy situation because creditors have up to six years to recover debt, but your debt is all tangled up in your employment, so I would ask Ula to offer her thoughts on this scenario.

[ULA]

If you had been making deductions from salary to start paying back the loan then you would have been asked to sign your agreement to the monthly deductions from your salary. Without any contractual agreement to do so for the amount specified they would not have been able to deduct the monies from your salary to pay back the loan.* Your past payslips for the period that you were repaying the loan would have indicated the deduction so you should have a look at those to see what was paid back via this method. Do you also have a copy of your contract of employment?