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092762 1 (1969-01-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacwra0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE cout~ WASHINGTON, D C 20548 CIVIL DVISION JAN 6 196 Poon *o0 wors On ho bis of Ou review of precedure followed by Iht3urgaU Of oyp e nsto (Bureau), De arm t of Ltboqr, in COmpensat* a tnd Federa employees of the fo yn we or, Pout offtee, we have found that ove aet are beiag made ad undetpayments CoUld *ls* be made to individual eamploy Awre the empoyes do not work the A rd Moaday to tdaoy workwalk V ftAviewd paymnts twdt y the wetan nt 12 owseaftion casts whitO we selected on the basis that they bwolved a workweek ather than the standard Vnday to Priday worleeek. 1ncluded asmng the 12 cases we reviewed Veret Poe case submitted by a Brooklyn Post Office employee as a oyestpkyas suggestion for alttinattg dual componsateon payments by the Stveau to injured ederal emp loyeeast eght cases whih were submitted by the Broklyn asteaster to the Sureau to add support to the employede sugestiont and three see selected by us, Our evie' tlvad that to vine of then 12 c1 nse the injured postal mplyees received ovrpaysaats of eponsation for days on which they tre not uhedated to work during the first weak Vf their disability, Oa at these employees ato ^ e.eited eWsese compensation during the last week of his 4asmhewt. On the basi of our review, we believe that, na~ten*ides a subtantial anubar of injured Vederal employees may be eenv$g stlar overpayments of compassation, We oted also that the atte4; prestt procedures can result in underpaYents of compensation to i td toyees during the last week of ther disablament under 4 AtsestonsA# Saction 12 of the Padet ltoyes' Compensation Act (0 uS.C. $114) state. t an injured employee may be paid eaponsatton for such days as he would have worked but for the injury. A threaday waiting period to required before benefits accrue if the claimant's injury dtables hit for 21 calendar days or teass Certain employees of the Brooklyn Poat Offiee ave a wveek starting on Saturday4 wherat the Bureau uses *mday to Priday as the basic wowreak to compensate all injured ed4val pIoyees Thus, an injured mloyse whose tour of duty includes Sauray sadlew Sunday and whose days off fall to the Monday to Priday pertod could receive one or two days of extra ompaenatem during te first week of his 4diablement, Similarly, such an employee way also be Ueom ated during the last wase of his disablement, dependine upon Ahe hetes to work. 7tn-- W-437(Z

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