The employee has the opportunity to dispute the recovery and the amount to be recovered. All OP needs to do is refile an amended tax return to get the balance back.I have done this using turbo tax program. Employers can only use paycheck deductions to recover overpayments made in the past 8 weeks. Only one recoupment deduction can be made per pay period. New York: an employer can collect overpayments up to 8 weeks prior to a notification to an employee with a maximum of six years to do so. A former employer is attempting to obtain repayment of supposed overpaid wages in NY state. These payments were made 3 years ago-5 months ago.