Section 2110.230  Errors

a)         Participants are responsible for monitoring their accounts and notifying the Employer of any payroll or other errors.

b)         In the event a deduction is missed or an incorrect amount is deducted because of payroll or other processing errors, the error must be corrected on a later payroll, or direct billed to the Participant if he or she is off payroll.

c)         If the correction of the error causes an economic hardship for the Participant, the funds sufficient to correct the error will be deducted from the Participant's paycheck over the two months immediately following the discovery of the error.

d)         In the event of overpayment because of error, the Participant will be asked to refund to the Department the excess Reimbursement.

e)         If the Participant refuses, the Department will request the Comptroller to withhold the required amount from the Participant's next available paycheck pursuant to 74 Ill. Adm. Code 285.  If the Participant is off payroll, the overpayment will be added as income to the Participant's W-2.

(Source:  Amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 352, effective December 28, 2006)