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                     UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
    coutS                     WASHINGTON, D C   20548

CIVIL DIVISION                                                    JN   616





            On  eo beets o ur cevwo prooedurtefloe by       0ftA
      Of      toMys '     nttou (Bureau), Doe artm   of Lsb'r, 0in compsnsat*
           n all, W Pederal employees of t.,              ft.~fgN~ok Pout offtel
      we I-Ave found tOn moverpa     are bein  made AMd utdetpaymnts CoUld
      *Is* Ua made to individual ampleo wee the em4oyess d& wot work
        toa t rfo~nay toYFrdey wor kk

           V* fvtawtd payments azadt by the wruta to1  owe~ie       at
      wIct we selectod on the basis that thoy bwelved a workweek anther then
      the standard Mmundy to rtday worlkeek Includod smng the 12 ases we
      rertowod flzoe iv oncase submitted by a Brooklyn rost Office empltoye* as
      n esployee's suagestion for eltmiattcg duAl compensation paywmts by
      the Sureau to injured Toedera elyees; eight cases shIth vare submitted
      b)y the Brooklyn Posteaster to the Bureau to add support to the emloyee's
      susgestion; and three ease 84lected by us,*
           ftr ravie$' t that t in  of tUen 12 cat*s4 the injured
      postal onpkyoee received onrpeycatu of empensation for days on whith
      tuoy t4re Anot sehedutad to work during the first week Vf their disability*
        Of*6, then employees a&to rfeeved eW0es cempensattoa during the last
      week of hUs 4mhZ awt. On the baste of our revieo, we belieVe that,
      ation*ide, a eubetartiel number of injured Vederal employees may be
      retv$ng stelar everpaymeats of cosettee, we oted also that the
      ftuf ;Prasftot rooxdures can meult Ina UTdorP6Y tst of compensation
      to inswod emtoyoes during the last veek of their disablement under

           fection 12 of the V rt l09oan Copnsattin Aft 0S U.S.C. $114)
      State t0 an Injured employee may be paid eao snation for such days
      ias 'he would baut. worke hut for the injury. A threday waiting period
      is required before benefits accrue if the claimant 's Injury disobles bim
      for 21 calendar days or teos* Certain employees of the Brooklyn Post
      Office have a winlcnU startins on satuzrdtyl wheti the Bureau us~
      *mday to Pridy as the basic waoreek to coupensatea all Injurod lrederal
      apeyees* Thus, an injured *leyse whoses tout of duty Linlud*6
      Saturay Lad/fl Sunday and wse days off fell io the M~onday to Priday
      peied could receive one or two dys of extra em     seattem during tOw
      first wee1k of his dinblceant. Similarly, such an employee way also be
          m~reaqwmted during the last week of his disablement, depeniding upon
          Aft Wetuns to worU,


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