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B-195785 1 (1980-02-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhyt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: o THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECISION -OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FILE: B-195785 DATE: February 6, 1980 MATTER OF: Bureau of Engravi g and Printing - Limitation on Wage Increasej Fiscal Year 1979 Bureau of Engraving and Printing trade and craft employees whose pay is set administratively under 5 U. S.C. 5 349(a),. consistent with the public interest, were properly limited to 5. 5 percent wage increase in fiscal year 1979. Although pay increase limitation in 1979 appropriation act did not apply to these Bureau employees, agency officials properly exercised discretion to limit pay increases in the public interest in accordance with the President's anti-inflation program. See court cases cited. The fact that similar employees of Government Printing Office received higher wage increases is not controlling since they were not covered by appropriation act limitation or President's determination. The issue presented for our decision is whether certain trade and craft employees of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Department of the Treasury, are entitled to a 6. 8 percent wage increase effective June 18, 1979, or whether that wage increase is subject to the 5. 5 percent pay limitation for fiscal year 1979 contained in an appropriation act and a Presidential Memorandum. This decision is in response to requests from the International Association of Machinists and Ae e and the Graphic Arts Internationa nlon. The Bureau employees in questiort-eiea 5.percent increase effective June 18, 1979, but the remainder-of the 6. 8 percent increase was delayed until October 1, 1979. The employees involved in the request are those trade and craft employees of the Bureau whose positions are comparable to positions at the Government Printing Office for which the pay is set by negotiations under the Kiess Act, 44 U.S. C. § 305. Historically these employees of the Bureau have received the same wage increases as the comparable employees of the Government Printing Office (GPO). Pursuant to the Kiess Act, the GPO employees received a 6. 8 percent wage adjustment effective June 18, 1979. This increase for the specified GPO employees was determined by a fact finder and approved by the Joint CE jnting after the unions and the Public Printe' had reached a bargaining impasse. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, however, has refused to allow a raise of more than 5. 5 percent during.fiscal year 1979. The unions L_0-9-4; (43

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