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B-200746 1 (1981-10-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjuh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISIO FILE: B-2007 MATTER OF DIGEST: N '46 t, THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 4 WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 DATE: October 8, 1981 Arthur A. Axelson , An employee who asked to be demoted from a supervisory to a journeyman position is not entitled to the pay of the WG-12 level from which the journeyman position had recently been downgraded by reason of a classification action. The position to which he was downgraded was in grade WG-ll, and the fact that other journeymen retained the WG-12 grade by deferral of downgrading and later through saved grade and pay does not entitle this employee to the higher grade. The fact that his supervisor advised him that he would be eligible for the higher grade even though the form he signed indicated downgrading to the lower grade does not provide a basis for pay at the higher grade. Mr. Arthur A. Axelson requested demotion from a super- visory to a journeyman wage grade position in November 1977. The demotion as implemented was to the level to which the journeyman position had recently been downgraded. Mr. Axelson claimed pay of the higher grade in which the other journeymen were serving under a deferral of forced reductions in grade authorized by the Department of the Navy. The claim was dis- allowed by Settlement Certificate Z-2817134, March 26, 1980, because Mr. Axelson's demotion was at his request within the meaning of former 5 U.S.C. 5345, thereby disqualifying him from entitlement to retained pay. We agree with that action and must sustain the disallowance of Mr. Axelson's claim. Background Mr. Axelson served as an Electronic Mechanic (Mainte- nance) Foreman, WS-2663-II, at the Naval Air Rework Facility, Jacksonville, Florida. His subordinate journeymen held posi- tions of Electronics Mechanic (Maintenance) WG-2663-12, but effective June 6, 1977, the Civil Seivice Commission (CSC) and the Navy reclassified the journeyman position, reducing it to Industrial Electronic Control Mechanic, WG-2663-ll. However, based on actions by the Commission and the Depart- ment, downgrading actions were suspended first for a period I ____7

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