When an employee is assessed an overpayment, the department will calculate a minimum monthly payment as follows:

1. (1) For overpayments due to fraud as defined in WAC 192-500-120, conditional payments, or fault attributable to the employee, the minimum monthly payment for an employee will be the greater of:

   1. (a) The employee's weekly benefit amount; or
   2. (b) Three percent of the outstanding balance when the billing statement is sent, rounded down to the next whole dollar amount.

2. (2) For all other overpayments, the minimum monthly payment will be the greater of:

   1. (a) One-third of the weekly benefit amount;
   2. (b) Three percent of the outstanding balance when the billing statement is sent, rounded down to the next whole dollar amount; or
   3. (c) Twenty-five dollars.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 50A.04.215. WSR 19-16-081, § 192-650-005, filed 7/31/19, effective 8/31/19.]