CLEVELAND — Tops Markets workers who were overpaid severance and benefits when they were dismissed by the retailer will not be asked to return the money, in a reversal of the chain's previous position, union officials said last week.
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 880 here said calculation errors made by Tops in December resulted in the retailer distributing nearly $400,000 more than it should have to about 650 workers when the company closed its stores in the area.
“Both Tops and Local 880 today understand that while their employees and members have no legal claim or entitlement to money that was paid in error, they also believe that under the circumstances it is unfair to require many of the employees who received such payments to repay this money,” the union said in a statement.
