B-271308: Apr 18, 1996

A General Accounting Office employee requested waiver of his indebtedness for erroneous salary payments. GAO held that the claimant was not entitled to waiver, since: (1) he should have to known that he was not entitled to a within grade increase until two years after his promotion; (2) the decision the claimant cited in support of his contentions was not relevant; and (3) the claimant should have...

B-271308: Apr 18, 1996

An employee who was subject to a 104-week waiting period before his next scheduled within-grade pay increase (WGI). Was overpaid for over 15 months until the agency discovered the error. The denial of his request for waiver of the resulting debt is sustained. Employees are expected to know the waiting periods for WGIs. There are no apparent factors that reasonably could have led him to believe he...