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HRD-83-5 1 (1982-10-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmru0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE S1$ WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASED DIVISION orIside the DeneIVa RESTIRIM7 )0 ciiC approval B-0 7 2RESTRICT . .. -- ..... ::,' .::L... o se Thi Geer B- 2 0 7 3 2AccouI ~','! ' ;i,: ,,;,' .. -' L:' 2.' ' . )Aa5OCTOBER 13, 1982 by the ;L:; , ' The Honorable David Michael Staton House of Representatives 119921 Dear Mr. Staton: Subject: Reduction-in-Force at the Charleston, West Virginia, Black Lung District Office and Factors Affecting the Charleston Office's Workload (GAO/HRD-83-5) In response to your April 9, 1982, request and later discus- sions with your office, this report includes information on (1) a reduction-in-force (RIF) that took place at the Department of Labor's Charleston, West Virginia, black lung district office, (2) the hiring of employees to fill permanent positions in the Charleston office, and (3) the Charleston office's ability to review and process a large number of case files and other docu- ments received from Labor's Division of Coal Mine Workers' Com- pensation Programs in Washington, D.C. At a July 27, 1982, briefing, we told you that (1) some em- ployees released by Labor during a RIF had appealed their separa- tion to the Merit Systems Protection Board and (2) the Board had determined that Labor had misinterpreted RIF rules and regulations and had improperly released 18 of the 19 employees who had ap- pealed. Of the five Charleston employees who appealed their re- lease, the Board found that Labor improperly released four. We advised you that Labor had properly filled permanent positions at the Charleston office. Regarding the Charleston office's ability to review and process documents related to miners' or dependents' claims for black lung benefits, we identified the following factors that contributed to the Charleston office's heavy workload: the RIF, the release of other employees whose terms of employment expired on March 31, 1982, the need to determine which approved claims met certain requirements contained in the 1981 amendments to the black lung legislation, and the transfer of black lung case file information from the national (201647)

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