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.
Wash. Admin. Code § 192-220-050
Statutory Authority: RCW 50.12.010, 50.12.040, and 50.20.010. 07-23-128, § 192-220-050, filed 11/21/07, effective 1/1/08.