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B-206443 1 (1982-05-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkhc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0b 6 Db¢cIBIoN Ii U€ i S, THE :CNpMPTROLER OMINCAL oiF TMC U UNITE.I SrTATES 8 ,i6 WABHINITTO N, 0, C2, A9540 B-206443 MATTER OF: DATE: Computation May, 5, 1982 of overtime due hostages DIGEST: Employees held as hostages in United States Embassy in Iran re entitled to be paid for overtime they would have worked had they not bean taken hostage, If prior to the takeover t4e employees worked regularly sched- uled overtime, for the peiriod of internment, they are entitled to pay consistent with overtime regularly scheduled, For overtime which was not regularly scheduled, the hostages are entitled to overtime they would have earned but for internment and, under the circumstances of this case (i.e., takeover of Embassy and Internment of all employees), the determination of how much overtime they would have worked is for Department of 3tate to make. The question in this case is the appropriate method to be used to determine the amount ,f overtime compensation due the Government employees who were taken hostage at the United States Embassy in Tehran, Ivan, in November 1979. Overtime compensation should be paid consistent wiih the amount of over- time the hostages would have earned but for their internment. Under the circumstances of this case, the Department of Stare may base the computation.on the average amount of overtime earned by each hostage for the six pay periods immediately preceding the seizure of the Fmbassy. Due to the unrest in Iran during the latter part of 1979, the work force at the United States Embassy in Tehran was ceduced to a skeleton force. In order to accomplish the required work of the embassy, the 3keleton force worked more overtime than that worked by personnel at other United States Embassies until the Embassy was seized by Iranians on November 4, 1979. Deartment of State of determining the amoun held hostage, including t personnel who are in t of compensation due over time compensation, the process the employees are uncertain VILE:

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