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B-181188 1 (1975-02-26)

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THE  COMPTROLLER GENERAL
OF   THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20549


FILE:    3-181188

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DATE: FEB 2 6 1975


Alaska Railroad employee - retroactive
effect of change in tour of duty


Tour of duty of Alaska Railroad employee whose
schedule at beginntes of workweek of December 30,
1973, to January 5, 1974, was Sunday and Saturday
off and work on the other days, and was chaned
on January 2, 1974, to Monday and Tuesday off and
work on the other days. is not entitled to holiday
pay for January 2, 1974, which would have been a
day off in lieu of January 1, 1974, under new tour,
since new workweek may not retroactively affect
employee's holiday pay entitlenent and he had been
paid holiday pay for January 1, 1974.


     The Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Adirnistration, the Alaska Railroad, asks whether one of its
employees is entitled to holiday promium pay for work perforned
on January 2, 1974, as the result of a change in his administrative
workweek.

     At the beginning of the week of December 30, 1973, to
January 5, 1974, the employee had an assigned admainistrative
workweek which provided for Sunday off, duty on Eonday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday off. The employee
worked on tonday Decem.ber 31, 1973, wThich by Presidential
proclamation was a hold.7ay and on Tuesday January 1, 1.74, New
Year's Day.  The employe vas paid basic pay for the work
perforred on those days plus holiday pay. At 12:01 a.m.,
Jsnuary 2, 1974, the enloyee's basic workweek was changed to
provide for work on Sundav, Monday and Tuesday off, and work on
Wednesday, Thursday, Frijay, and Saturday. The submission
states thet under the rodified workweek, the employee would have
been entitled to GIednesday off for the Kew Year's holiday which
occurred on Tuesday.

     From the related facts the employee is assumed to be
subject to the provisions of subsection 3(b) of ,xecutive Order
No. 115C2, 3 C.F.R. 294 (1974), set out as a note under',
section 6103 of the United States Code (Supp III, 1973). That'
subsection provides that an employee whose basic workweek includes
Sunday and who would ordinarily be excused from work on a
holiday falling within the basic workweek shall be excused from

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