B-198263: Mar 30, 1981

A Forest Service employee requested reconsideration of a Claims Division determination which denied his request for waiver of erroneous payments of compensation. The record indicates that, due to a reduction in force, the employee was advised that the installation where he worked was being closed and his position abolished. He was offered a reassignment at a post which had a lower hourly rate. Alt...

B-198263: Mar 30, 1981

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS TOLD BY HIS FORMER PERSONNEL OFFICE HE WOULD BE ENTITLED TO RETAINED PAY UPON TRANSFER. CAN'T CONFIRM WHAT EMPLOYEE SAYS HE WAS TOLD AND FINDS HIM AT FAULT FOR NOT QUESTIONING PAY ADJUSTMENT. WE THINK RECORD SUPPORTS EMPLOYEE'S CONTENTION THAT HE IN GOOD FAITH BELIEVED HE WAS ENTITLED TO PAY RETENTION AND THERE IS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF FAULT TO DENY WAIVER. COTHERMAN WAS...