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B-194739 1 (1980-06-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadijg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES W ASHINGTON, 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-194739 CATE: June 27, 196O MATTER OF: Gordon E. Browning DIGEST: Matters relating to a allegation of improper determination of the qalifications for compen- sation of th teaching position of an employee of the Department of Defense Overseas Depend- ents' Schools are for the employing agency, not GAO, and GAO has no authority to change the agency's determination. Therefore, an employee's claim for additional pay based on work experience which the agency found not qualifying may not be allowed. Dr. Gordon E. Browning requests reconsideration of our Claims Division's February 5, 1979 denial of his claim for loss of salary due to retroactive correction of the determination of his pay schedule based upon teaching experience from Class III step 8 to Class III step 6. Since this Office has no authority to settle claims of this type on any basis other than the determination of qualifications for compensation established by the agency regula- tions, we affirm the denial of his claim. Dr. Browning was employed by the Department of Defense Dependents Schools, Europe, as a School Psychologist, Class III, on March 2, 1976. He was informed his pay would be based upon his qualifying experience. On December 15, 1976, he was advised that his pay set at Class III step 8 was in error, that the correct rate should have been at Class III step 6, and that he was not eligible for a step increase at the beginning of the school year 1976-77. Thereafter, he filed a grievance with the Department of the Army (which administers the Dependents' Schools in Europe) on the pay schedule determination and step increase actions. The grievance was considered and denied. By letter dated April 3, 1978, Dr. Browning submitted a claim for loss of salary on the same basis upon which he had filed the grievance. That is, he contended in essence that certain Job Corps experience he had should have been credited as experience for pay fixing purposes in his position with the Dependents' Schools. The claim was denied by our Claims

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