29 C.F.R. § 1650.104 Notice of salary offset.
Title 29 - Labor
(a) Notice of the Commission's intent to collect a debt by salary offset shall be given at least 30 days in advance. The written notice shall include, inter alia, the following: (1) The Commission's determination that a debt is owed, including origin, nature, and amount of the debt; (2) The Commission's intention to collect the debt by means of deduction from the employee's current disposal pay account; (3) The amount, frequency, proposed beginning date, and duration of the intended deduction(s); (4) An explanation of the Commission's policy concerning interest, penalties, and administrative costs; (5) The employee's right to inspect and copy the Commission's records relating to the debt; (6) The opportunity to establish a schedule for voluntary repayment of the debt agreeable to the Commission in lieu of an offset; (7) The employee's right to an oral hearing, the method and time period for petitioning for a hearing, and the oral hearing procedures; (8) The employee's right to request reconsideration of the validity of the indebtedness; and (9) The employee's right to request waiver, forgiveness, or compromise and the standards involved for each. (b) Exception to the advance notice requirement. Where an adjustment to pay arises out of an employee's election of coverage or change in coverage under a Federal benefits program requiring periodic deductions from the employee's pay and the amount to be recovered was accumulated over four pay periods or less, the advance notice provision in paragraph (a) of this section is not required. In such cases, the Commission's servicing Payroll Office, General Services Administration's National Payroll Center, will notify the employee in writing that because of the employee's election his or her pay will be reduced to cover the period between the effective date of the election and the first regular withholding, and that the employee may dispute the amount collected or request waiver of the debt by filing a request in writing with the Director of Financial and Resource Management Services. (c) Acknowledgment of receipt of advance notice. Notice will be acknowledged in writing. A copy of the notice with the acknowledgment containing the debtor's original signature will be returned to the sender.
Title 29: Labor
PART 1650—DEBT COLLECTION
Subpart A—Procedures for the Collection of Debts by Salary Offset
§ 1650.104 Notice of salary offset.
