<prompt> Human: Long story short, my physician mother is on about 40 disability and just received a call that she has been overpaid for several months and now owes 17,000 to her employer. Is this legal? She has a 25 year history with the hospital and they have switched the accountant responsible for her disability checks somewhere around 40 times. Theyre famously terrible at accounting at this particular hospitals disability department, and assuming that it is only their fault, is it legal for them to take back the money? For perspective, keep in mind that her income disability plus salary is 200k and she works in a hospital system of several thousand physicians this isnt some backwoods clinic.  <response>: If there was an over payment issue and it is in fact true, she owes the money. Most employers will take it out over a several checks though. 