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B-211956 1 (1983-10-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlkh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE C OIMPTROLLER GENERAL OUCISION. OP THE UNITED STATES WASHINQTON. O.C. 20548 FILE: B-211956 OATE: . October 21, 1983 MATTER OF: Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Limitation on Wage Increase - Fiscal Year 1983 DIGEST: Bureau of Engraving and Printing craft employees whose pay is set administra- tively under 5 U.S.C. S 5349(a), consistent with the public interest, were properly limited to a 4 percent wage increase for fiscal year 1983. Although the pay increase limitation in the 1983 Appropriation Act did not apply to these Bureau employees, agency officials properly exercised their discretion by limiting pay increases consistent with the public interest in accordance with guidance issued by the Office of Personnel Management. See court cases cited. Senator Paul S. Sarbanes has requested our decision as to whether the Department of the Treasury properly limited wage increases for craft employees of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to 4 percent. This was based on the pay increase limitation for fiscal year 1983 contained in an appropriations measure and in guidance issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to the heads of executive departments and agencies. We hold that, although the pay increase limitation imposed by the Appropriation Act does not apply to the Bureau employees in question, officials of the Department of the Treasury properly exercised their discretion by limiting the employees' wage increases to 4 percent, consistent with the public interest in accordance with the guidance issued by OPM. Since the issue involved in this case is of mutual concern to the Department of the Treasury and to labor organizations representing the affected Bureau employees, we have afforded the agency and the unions an opportunity to comment on the matter. The agency and 7 of the 15 unions served with our request for comments have submitted written responses. o~-7

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