A Liverpool teacher failed to notify her former employer that they had continued to pay her for more than a year - and held onto thousands of pounds she wasn’t entitled to.
When Danielle Auerbach-Byrne left her job at Rainhill High School, she continued to be paid by St Helens Council for a further 15 months. A Teaching Regulation Agency hearing was told during this time, Miss Auerbach-Byrne retained more than £34,000 which effectively doubled her income.
Miss Auerbach-Byrne did not inform her employer, St Helens Council, and assumed someone would notice the clerical error that led to the payment “and do something about it”. The teacher, who had most recently been working at North Liverpool Academy, was convicted by magistrates of dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit in December 2020 and received a suspended sentence.
