Salary Overpayment Recovery. A. When the Employer has determined that an employee has been overpaid wages, the Employer will provide written notice, via certified mail, to the employee that will include the following items:
1. The amount of the overpayment;
2. The basis for the claim; and
3. The rights of the employee under the terms of this Agreement.
Salary Overpayment Recovery. A. When the College has determined that an employee has been overpaid wages, the College will provide written notice, via certified mail, to the employee that will include the following items:
1. The amount of the overpayment
2. The basis for the claim; and
3. The rights of the employee under the terms of this Agreement.
Salary Overpayment Recovery. All recovery under this Section shall be limited to a maximum of six (6) months from the date of notification to the employee of the error.
A. When an agency has determined that an employee has been overpaid wages, the agency will provide written notice to the employee, which will include the following items:
1. The amount of the overpayment;
2. The basis for the claim; and
3. The rights of the employee under the terms of this Agreement.
Salary Overpayment Recovery.
A. When an agency has determined that a nurse has been overpaid wages, the agency will provide written notice to the nurse that will include the following items:
1. The amount of the overpayment,
2. The basis for the claim, and
3. The rights of the nurse under the terms of this Agreement.
Salary Overpayment Recovery.
A. When the OAH has determined that an employee has been overpaid wages, the OAH will provide written notice to the employee, which will include the following items:
1. The amount of the overpayment,
2. The basis for the claim, and
3. The rights of the employee under the terms of this Agreement.
Salary Overpayment Recovery. When an Employer has determined that a nurse has been overpaid wages, the Employer may recoup the overpayment. The Employer will provide written notice to the nurse that will include the following items:
Salary Overpayment Recovery. A. Except for overpayments of fifty dollars ($50) or less, when the Employer has determined that an employee has been overpaid, the employee will be provided written notice, which will include the following items:
1. The amount of the overpayment,
2. The basis for the claim, and
3. The rights of the employee under the terms of this Agreement.
B. Overpayment amounts of fifty dollars ($50) or less will be automatically deducted from the next paycheck.
C. An overpayment amount resulting from an error made by the Employer, as determined by the Chief, shall be limited to the amount of overpayment during the preceding six (6) months prior to the date of correction of the error/overpayment. A supervisor’s signature on an incorrect TAR will not be considered an Employer error.
D. The employee will have the option to repay the overpayment over a period of time equal to the number of pay periods during which the overpayment was made, provided that unless a larger amount is agreed to by the employee, each payment shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the employee’s disposable earnings in a pay period, or, in the final state service pay period, the amount still outstanding from the employee’s disposable earnings. All overpayments will be collected through payroll deduction.
E. The Employer is authorized to deduct the overpayment owed from the employee’s wages beginning with the pay period after an employee has been notified. If an employee files a grievance, overpayment recovery will be suspended until the appeal has been resolved or until separation.
F. Any overpayment amount, regardless of an active appeal/grievance that is still outstanding at separation of employment, will be deducted from an employee’s final pay.
Salary Overpayment Recovery. A. When the Employer has determined that an employee has been overpaid wages, the Employer will provide written notice to the employee which will include the following:
1. The amount of the overpayment,
2. The basis for the overpayment,
3. Verification of the overpayment, and
4. The employee's rights under the terms of this Agreement.
B. Within thirty (30) days of receipt of the notice of salary overpayment, the employee has the option to choose one or more of the following methods for repayment, provided that full repayment of any salary overpayment shall be made within sixty (60) days of receipt of notice:
1. Voluntary wage deduction/s,
2. Cash, or
3. Check.
C. Should repayment within sixty (60) days present a hardship for the employee, a request may be made to the Executive Director to waive the overpayment or repay it over a longer period of time.
D. Any dispute concerning the validity of a salary overpayment will be resolved through the process outlined in Article 25,
Salary Overpayment Recovery. A. When an Employer has determined that an employee has been overpaid wages, the Employer may recoup the overpayment. The Employer will provide written notice to the employee that will include the following items:
1. The amount of the overpayment,
2. The basis for the claim,
3. A demand for payment, and
4. The rights of the employee under the terms of this Agreement. Employees may request a meeting with the Employer and an interpreter to have the overpayment notification explained.
B. Method of Payback
1. The employee must choose one (1) of the following options for paying back the overpayment:
a. Voluntary wage deduction, or
b. Cash, or
c. Check (separated employee), or d. Vacation (if under 240 hours only) or Compensatory time balances
2. The employee may propose a payment schedule to repay the overpayment to the Employer. If the employee’s proposal is accepted by the Employer, the deductions shall continue until the overpayment is fully recouped. Nothing in the section prevents the Employer and the employee from agreeing to a different overpayment amount than specified in the overpayment notice or to a method other than a deduction from wages for repayment of the overpayment amount.
3. If the employee fails to choose one (1) of the four (4) options described above, within twenty (20) days of written notice of overpayment, the Employer will deduct the overpayment owed from the employee’s wages or the amount due may be placed with a collection agency. This overpayment recovery will not be more than five percent (5%) of the employee’s disposable earnings in a pay period. Disposable earnings will be calculated in accordance with the Attorney General of Washington’s guidelines for Wage Assignments.
4. Any overpayment amount still outstanding at separation of employment will be deducted from the employee’s final pay
C. Neither A nor B above are required for employee reported overpayments and/or employee corrected time including leave submittal corrections. All employee initiated overpayment corrections may be collected from the next available pay check.
Salary Overpayment Recovery. A. When the District has determined that an employee has been overpaid wages, the District will provide written notice to the employee that will include the following items:
a. The amount of the overpayment;
b. The basis for the claim; and
c. The rights of the employee under the terms of this Agreement.
