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B-230464 1 (1988-12-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnii0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,UZA The Comptroller General 0 of the United States cWashington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof- Cathy A. Clark - Waiver - Underdeduction of Health Insurance Payments File: B-230464 Date: December 12, 1988 DIGEST Waiver under 5 U.S.C. S 5584 of erroneous salary payments resultinq from the agency's failure to increase an employee's health insurance deduction is inappropriate where it is determined that the employee concerned had notice of the error and failed to bring it to the attention of appropriate officials. DECISION Ms. Cathy A. Clark, a Veterans Administration employee, appeals our Claims Group's denial of her request under 5 U.S.C. S 5584 (1982) for waiver of $1,055.47 in erroneous salary payments she received during the period July 12, 1981, through May 24, 1986. The overpayments resulted from the agency's failure to decrease its prorated contribution to Ms. Clark's health insurance coverage upon her conversion from full-time to part-time employment. The Claims Group denied Ms. Clark's request for waiver because it found her to be partially at fault for failing to take appropriate measures to rectify the error. We sustain the Claims Group's action. BACKGROUND Ms. Clark, an employee in the Veterans Services Division of the Veterans Administration Regional Office in Cleveland, Ohio, converted from full-time to part-time employment on July 12, 1981. At that time the agency advised her that it would increase withholdings from her pay for group health insurance coverage in accordance with 5 U.S.C. S 8906(c) (1982), which requires proration of the government's contribution for benefits for part-time employees enrolled in certain health insurance plans. However, because of an 0O'44 Z/37

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