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B-183083 1 (1975-08-19)

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             DECS~D        7~/>.)OF         THE     UNITED         STATES
                                 W;''\ASH INGTON, D.C. 20548




                 FILE:                        ATE:     UG  191975
        FIE B-183083DAE
     MATTER OF:
                      Retroactive Wage  Increases - Department
                      of the Interior
     [DIGEST:
                tWa-e survey at Interior  inszi1ation,   comenced
                in tim~e to be effective  February 4,  1973$ was
                not effected  uatii 14:q 7, _1973,, becau~a -age
                board  rates were set  by 1abl-mnac-mamt ne-o-
                   tite a-rzant   and  there wras ques tioa of
                       ~ rc~t~in.Walge adjustmez.t may not
                be e'Tactlvc, ratroactively  since the provisions
                in 5 U.S.C.  A 53144 re-L-rdin- the effec~tIve date
                of v.a-e b )Zr -oav adiustmcmts are not  a-xlicable
                to 1aor  znterecnents and no tenitative
                    a-e~z.---at4 cfl effec.$Lve date of  tlie wage
                eaj~szm     was amde prior  to Hiay 7, 10173'

         1is isf                   re ueStcdl 'by ±Im ocratary of. tha
         intrio  co~  -ruvcrty c.f a rtrowztive ,ay adjustzaat for

cons _S t;:n a   LIa ' taudi   aticc C't thte V.uz=a   2 '- j' ts  a

      nor~of 1              ~ .L 2*T In             of              a7,~vr
                rec~i~¾~ *~~ ~   - c.. .~,     .r            ~0a  and

anid   t!'   'V l1   ', a t ~o n c fci    ..:n y- e '~s k       p
befo  -.' t'D    rw'Z- could., n-'r be~     ~  .. t.zia re)asieczthe
issue 0 ~ov n 1*iay 7, 1973, ho-wever, iile the represenatation
issue w;as Gtili vn~ov                           ~ t    h  -rittcn :zancticn of- ~i ls-
  Uricnt              a-ph.- a 5 ~ .. Prceat n_!   &'dust crn. iTe r Urcau
has bea   ic- qtes;tc            tyth  o mzac th.: pay j~nn      fa~v
back  t-- 1Pe.10ruarv 1973, the       n  hih     h 0-               ud h~ave
been e~fiectivc !tit Le  the ri- rzcn¶, aion dispu:to. Mliz Z' ecretzry oZ
the  Int'crior, tharcf,-re, sc~sa  deteor-intloa  by this  0Of ice hte
suchian  adjustzncikt j-._ rer-missible undier the provisicau, Of exlisting
staztutec' ad ragulatioas.

      It has Ion- bsen  the rule that in  the abseace, oi[ a acatroiIg
statute  an- inz-reaso. in basic cormpensation mithorliZed by a w'are Loard
or other-   xma fizzing- authbority for cmaployeas, who sc- pay is ii.w  and


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