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B-189742 1 (1978-12-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgtr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL -Z DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D C. 20546 FILE: B-18974, C D DATE: December 27, 1978 MATTER OF: Forest Service Dispatchers / Standby Duty /At Home DIGEST: 1. Forest Service dispatchers required to remain on standby duty at their homes during fire season may be allowed premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5545(c)(1) and regu- lations issued thereunder by Civil Service Commission (5 C.F.R. 550.141, et. seq.) for hours of standby duty at home. 2. Forest Service employees in standby status at their residences and compen- sated under General Schedule are not entitled to regular overtime compensation under 5 U.S.C. 5542 for hours of standby duty at home. The Forest Service has requested our decision as to an equitable method of compensating Forest Service employees in their Pacific Northwest Region, who work as dispatchers during the fire season, which normally runs from June 15 to October 20, while in a standby status at their homes. The Forest Service states that it is essential to have dispatch- ing service available during the fire season on a 24-hour a day basis and that such service requires experienced people and cannot be done with temporary hires. Because of budget and ceiling restrictions, two or three qualified employees at each protection unit rotate duty schedules after regular work hours and on nonworkdays to insure this service. When fire po.tential is high, but there is no going fire, the employees perform the dispatcher service at their homes. Their homes are equipped with Government telephones, fire order forms, manifests, and mobilization plans. These employees are essentially free to pursue their normal at-home activities, but their whereabouts are narrowly restricted and they are not free to leave as they must be within hearing distance of the telephone. In the past they have been paid for actual work performed at home as a result of a call, but not for other time spent at home on standby. .4 0 () A

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