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B-227321 1 (1988-09-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnex0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oZ ~The ComptroUer General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Ronald E. Williams - Waiver of Overpayment of Matter of: Salary File: B-227321 Date: September 1, 1988 DIGEST An employee was reduced in grade at his request, from grade GS-8, step 4, to grade GS-7, step 8, in order to enter a professional job series. The agency later determined that the employee's salary should have been set at the step 7 level of grade GS-7. The employee's claim for waiver of the overpayment is granted since he had no specialized knowledge of the federal pay system. His memorandum requesting the downgrading and stating the grade, step level, and salary he expected to receive was based upon instructions from the agency personnel office. DECISION This decision is in response to an appeal by Mr. Robert E. Williams, an employee of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), United States Department of the Interior, from the settlement action by our Claims Group, Z-2876832, dated August 12, 1986. The settlement denied waiver of an overpayment of salary of $625.60. For the reasons stated later in this decision, we grant waiver of the overpayment of salary and we overrule the settlement action by our Claims Group. BACKGROUND On December 8, 1983, Mr. Williams requested that he be downgraded fom his position as a Surveying Technician, grade GS-8, step 4 ($20,172 annually), to the position of Land Surveyor, grade GS-7, step 8 ($20,423 annually). In his memorandum of that date, Mr. Williams stated I request that I be changed to GS-7, Step 8, $20,423.00 pa, position of Land Surveyor, to be effective 12-11-83. I feel this is to my benefit as it will put me into a professional series (GS-1373-07) position. The downgrading was effective December 11, 1983. Later, BLM determined that

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