B-201817: Jan 27, 1982

UNIONS - FEDERAL SERVICE - DUES - OVERPAYMENT - GOVERNMENT'S RIGHT TO RECOVER - WAIVER AGENCY ERRONEOUSLY CONTINUED TO DEDUCT UNION DUES FROM THREE EMPLOYEES WHO WERE PROMOTED OUT OF BARGAINING UNIT AND REMITTED AMOUNTS TO UNION. SINCE THE RECORD SHOWS THAT THE UNION WAS NOT AT FAULT IN RECEIVING THESE PAYMENTS. REPAYMENT IS WAIVED PURSUANT TO 5 U.S.C. 5584. WE HOLD THAT LOCAL 1239 IS ENTITLED TO...

B-201817: Jan 27, 1982

A labor union requested waiver of the repayment of union dues it received which had been erroneously withheld from three employees after they had been promoted out of its bargaining unit. The employees had all authorized the agency to deduct the dues from their pay and to remit the money directly to the union. The agency failed to terminate the dues allotments from the employees to the union when...