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B-200287 1 (1981-08-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjqy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0 0 HE CMPIRLLEGENERAL OECISION .. oF THE UNITED STATES SWASHINGTON, 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-200287 DATE: August 17, 1981 MATTER OF: Naval Weapons Support Center - Overtime - Travel Interrupted by Blizzard DIGEST: Employees' claims for overtime for time spent stranded in Chicago due to a blizzard and for traveling home on Saturday are not payable. The additional time is not hours of work within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. § 5542. 50 Comp. Gen. 519 (1971) distinguished. A decision has been requested by the Naval Sea Systems Command on the claims of 30 civilian employees of the Naval Weapons Support Center at Crane, Indiana. These are c3laims for overtime while in travel status for the period their travel was interrupted by a bliz- zard. The agency requests clarification of two deci- sions. In 50 Comp. Gen. 519 (1971) we allowed some overtime for waiting time attributable in part to inclement weather. In James C. Holman, B-191045, July 13, 1978, however, we denied overtime for addi- tional traveltime caused by a blizzard. For the following reasons, we conclude that the overtime claims may not be allowed. The agency advises that a typical claim is as follows. The employee is exempt from coverage under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and was returning to Indianapolis, Indiana, from a temporary duty assign- ment in San Francisco. The employee departed San Francisco at 6 a.m. Thursday and arrived in Chicago at 9 a.m. He was scheduled to depart from Chicago at 3 p.m. Thursday and arrive in Indianapolis at 4 p.m. However, the Chicago airport was closed at noon due to a blizzard. Accordingly, the employee was held over in Chicago until Saturday morning. He took the earliest available flight out and arrived in Indianapolis at 9 a.m. Saturday. The employee's regular tour of duty is 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The employee claims 7-1/2 hours overtime from 4 p.m. Thursday to 7:30 a.m. Friday, less 8 hours for eating and sleeping; 7-1/2 hours overtime from 4 p.m. Friday to 7:30 a.m. Saturday, less 8 hours for eating and sleeping; and 1-1/2 hours overtime from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Saturday.

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