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B-183951 1 (1976-02-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddqu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECIS FILE: MATTER DIGEST: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL IN . J OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 I DATE: FEB 9 1976 3-183~ OF: Sherman A. Lynch - P..yments to immediate family for packing household goods Incident to transfer, employee paid two daughters to pack household goods at former duty station and to unpack goods at new duty station. Reimbursement for such payments is denied since reimburse- ment for amounts paid to employee's immediate family is not contemplated by applicable law or regulations. Further- more, this Office has held that employee may not be reimbursed for his own labor, and same principle is applicable to members of employee's immediate family. This decision is made at the reouest of Mr. Robert Caswell, an authorized certifying officer of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (EIA), Department of Interior, by an undated letter received by us on ly 15, 1975. Mr. Caswell requested our decision as to whether he may certify for payment the voucher of Sherman A. Lynch, Jr., an employee of EIA, for reimbursement of amounts paid by him for packing his household goods incident to his transfer within Alaska from Mekoryuk to Alakanuk during 1974. Because of the remote location of his old and new duty stations and the lack of suitable labor at either station, Mr. Lynch's two daughters performed the packing and unpacking of household goods. At the old station, his daughter viargaret, did the work, assisted by a native woman, Bertha Andrew. Mr. Lynch paid his daughter $120 and the native woman $124 for their services. At the new station, his daughter Nancy Ann performed the whole job of unpack- ing for which she was paid $240. Mr. Lynch explained that in both instances he ard his wife were involved in duties at school and were unable to do the-packing and unpacking themselves. Because of doubts about reimbursing the payments made by the employee to his immediate family, the certifying officer has sub- mitted the entire reclaim voucher of $484 to us. With respect to the payment of $124 to Bertha Andrew, however, he states his belief that her hire was proper and should be reimbursed. Based on that statement, we find the $124 paid to Bertha Andrew to be allowable. K' 1 11 951 J.-

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