Wash. Admin. Code § 192-220-050 – Will I receive a decision if a fraud penalty changes following a redetermination or appeal of another fraud decision?

(1) The department will send a new decision showing the corrected disqualification period and penalty if a disqualification period or penalty changes because of a change to another fraud decision following a redetermination or appeal.
Example 1: A first occurrence of fraud is assessed on June 1 and a second occurrence is assessed on July 10. The June 1 fraud assessment is overturned through appeal, making the July 10 decision the first occurrence. The department will issue a correction to the July 10 decision showing the penalty for a first occurrence of fraud (twenty-six week disqualification and a fifteen percent dollar penalty).
Example 2: A decision assessing a first occurrence of fraud is sent on August 1 and benefits are denied for the following twenty-six weeks and a fifteen percent penalty is assessed. On August 10, another fraud decision is sent which is considered part of the first occurrence and denies benefits for the twenty-six weeks beginning August 1. The fraud included in the August 1 decision is overturned through appeal. The August 10 decision remains and the department will issue a correction showing the twenty-six week denial period begins with August 10, the date the second fraud decision is sent.
(2) Although the revised decision does not restart the appeal period included in the original decision, you may appeal a change in the penalty or period of disqualification.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 50.12.010 and 50.12.040. WSR 16-21-013, § 192-220-050, filed 10/7/16, effective 11/14/16; WSR 13-24-012, § 192-220-050, filed 11/21/13, effective 12/22/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 50.12.010, 50.12.040, and 50.20.010. WSR 07-23-128, § 192-220-050, filed 11/21/07, effective 1/1/08.]