Wash. Admin. Code § 192-220-018

Current through Register Vol. 24-23, December 1, 2024

Section 192-220-018 - Blanket overpayment waivers for federally funded pandemic era benefits

The department will waive overpayments for federally funded benefits when:

(1) The individual answered "no" to being able to work and available for work and:

(a) The state paid Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, or Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation without adjudicating the eligibility issue;

(b) Upon requesting additional information from the individual, the individual either did not respond or the individual confirmed that they were not able to work nor available for work for the week in question; and

(c) The paid benefits resulted in an overpayment for that week.

(2) The individual answered "no" to being unemployed, partially unemployed, or unable or unavailable to work because of the approved COVID-19-related reasons provided in 15 U.S.C. § 9021(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I) and:

(a) The state paid Pandemic Unemployment Assistance anyway;

(b) Following a request from the department for a new self-certification, the individual either did not respond or the individual confirmed that none of the approved COVID-19-related reasons were applicable; and

(c) The state's payment of these benefits resulted in an overpayment for that week.

(3) The individual complied with instructions from the department to submit proof of earnings to be used in calculating the individual's Pandemic Unemployment Assistance weekly benefit amount and:

(a) Through no fault of the individual, the department's instructions were either inadequate or the department incorrectly processed this calculation using self-employment gross income instead of net income or documents from an inapplicable tax year, resulting in an incorrect higher Pandemic Unemployment Assistance weekly benefit amount; and

(b) The department established an overpayment for the difference in the individual's Pandemic Unemployment Assistance weekly benefit amount.

(4) The individual complied with instructions from the department to submit proof of earnings to be used in calculating the individual's Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation weekly benefit amount and:

(a) Through no fault of the individual, the department's instructions were either inadequate or the department incorrectly processed this calculation using self-employment gross income instead of net income or documents from an inapplicable tax year, resulting in an incorrect higher Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation weekly benefit amount; and

(b) The department established an overpayment for the difference in the individual's Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation weekly benefit amount.

Wash. Admin. Code § 192-220-018

Adopted by WSR 23-24-056, Filed 12/1/2023, effective 1/1/2024