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B-193384,B-193544,B-194035 1 (1979-06-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhia0001 and id is 1 raw text is: j DECISION THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL f OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 - t~tA ?LT 8 FILE:B-193384/B-193544/B-194035 DATE: June 18, 1979 IATTER OF: Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization- -Overtime- -Sunday and Holiday Premium Pay DIGEST: / 6 1. Employee worked 5 consecutive 8-hour days, Tuesday through Saturday. On Wednesday his schedule was changed and the next week he worked Sunday and Tuesday through Friday with Monday and Saturday off. Although he worked 6 consec- utive 8-hour days, he is not entitled to overtime under 5 U. S. C. § 5542 or the Fair Labor Stand- ards Act since he did not work more than 40 hours in an administrative workweek or in a workweek of 7 consecutive 24-hour periods as required by the respective statutes and regulations. 2. Employees whose basic workweek consisted of 5 8-hour days Ie onday and Saturday worked on Sunday. hea e entitled to 8 hours of overtime pay and not 0 8 hours of Sunday premium pay and 8 hours of overtime pay. Sunday premium.pay und-e-r-5-U-.S-C--5-a5541(a) is frylible only for work within the basic workweek and an-agency is not required to designate Sunday .as part of the basic workweek. 3. Employees worked 8-hour shifts beginning at 2306 and 2300, respectively, immediately preceding work on holiday. They were properly paid only 7. 1 and 7 hours of holiday premium pay, respec- tively. 4Unde-y . S.. 4-6)W an employee may be paid holiday premium pay only for work performed on a holiday. There is no requirement that an agency schedule work for an employee on a holiday.) Also, purpose of establishing holidays such as set forth in 5 U. S. C. § 6103 is to give employees the benefit of time off without loss of regular compensation and not to establish an additional form of compensation represented by premium pay for holidays worked. 101

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