USPS Process Guide –
Chapter 9: Deductions –
HUAU1 – Recoup Overpayment of Compensation (Reduction of Gross)

Access HUAU1.

Note: This procedure is for a reduction of the gross pay of an employee for an overpayment of regular hours from a prior pay period.

Enter I in the SUBCOMMAND field of a blank page.

– OR –

Enter R in the SUBCOMMAND field of an existing page.

AGENCY (Key)

BATCH NUMBER (Key)

PAGE NUMBER (Key)

EMPLOYEE SSN (Required)

Enter with two leading zeros.

DATE FROM (Required)

Enter the beginning date for which the employee was overpaid.

DATE TO (Required)

Enter the ending date for which the employee was overpaid.

HOURS (Required)

Enter the number of hours the employee was overpaid (five digits, last two digits are hundredths of an hour).

ADJ (Required)

Enter – to subtract the overpayment from the regular hours of the pay period being processed.

AMT (Required)

Enter 2 to reduce pay by the specified number of hours.

Press Enter to process the transaction.

This procedure reduces the next pay by an amount based on pay period dates and amount or hours entered. The pay transaction that generates pay on the payroll controls the deductions taken. Payroll history shows the reduction of hours and gross by a reduction of the current pay and not by a separate docking pay history row.