B-227322: Sep 19, 1988

CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - Compensation - Overpayments - Error detection - Debt collection - Waiver DIGEST: Waiver must be denied when an employee was aware that he was being overpaid after an erroneous within-grade step increase. We have consistently held that when an employee is aware of an error the employee cannot reasonable expect to retain the overpayment. Thomas - Salary Overpayments - Waiver: Th...

B-227322: Sep 19, 1988

A Department of the Interior employee appealed the denial of his request for waiver of salary overpayments he received due to an erroneous within-grade step increase. The employee contended that the overpayments were due to administrative errors. GAO held that administrative errors and delays were not grounds for waiving the erroneous payment, since the employee was aware of the error. Accordingly...