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B-192953 1 (1979-12-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhvb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -. - LUR ot 23 ~ r~COMP72RLLER OEIVERAL DECISlION op~7~ THE UNtTOD STATR8 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NVITE FILE: B-192953 DATE: December 20, 1979 MATTER OF: Donald K. Watson, Remote Duty Station Allowance DIGEST: Remote worksite allowance is payable under 5 U.S. C. § 5942 (1976) for dates employee commutes round-trip from his residence to remote permanent duty station or where he remains at the worksite at the direction of management because commuting is impractical. Thus, employee who rented trailer and remained at remote worksite for his own convenience is not eligible for remote worksite allowance. Neither may he be paid a per diem allowance, even though he con- tends he was improperly transferred to the remote duty station. By letter of August 11, 1978, Mr. Donald K. Watson requested reconsideration of our Claims Division Settlement Certificate denying his claim for an additional payment for remote worksite allowance. For the following reasons, we deny Mr. Watson's claim. Mr. Watson was hired by the Department of the Air Force as a photographer in October 1967, and his permanent duty /2- station was Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The Air Force assigned Mr. Watson to perform temporary duty (TDY) at Hill Air Force Range beginning on December 19, 1967. Mr. Watson continued to perform TDY at Hill Air Force Range until October 12, 1969, at which time the Air Force changed his permanent duty station to Hill Air Force Range. Mr. Watson rented a trailer at Hill Air Force Range and after October 12, 1969, the Air Force determined that Mr. Watson was no longer entitled to TDY allow- ances since he was working at his permanent duty station. In 1975 the Civil Service Commission advised the Air Force that Hill Air Force Range met the criteria for a remote worksite allowance under 5 U. S. C. 5 5942. The Air Force then determined that Mr. Watson was entitled to a remote worksite allowance of $5. 70 per day for each day he commuted from his residence to Hill Air Force Range, retroactively effective to January 8, 1971. Mr. Watson received $1, 310. 25 as a remote worksite allowance. in addition to this amount he believes that he is entitled to reimbursement for expenses which are normally associated with a temporary duty assignment, including gas, breakfast, lunch, dinner, lodging and housekeeping expenses incurred while working at Hill Air Force Range after he was permanently assigned there.

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