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B-214880 1 (1984-09-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlxq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: TH-E COMPTROLLEF1 GENIERAL DECISION O. l OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FILE: B-214880 DATE: September 25, 1984 MATTER OF: Emma H. Welsh DIGEST: With the knowledge of het supervisors an employee voluntarily performed extra work at home in an effort to reduce a backlog of unprocessed travel vouchers. She is entitled to overtime pay computed under the Fair Labor Standards Act because her super- visors suffered or permitted the overtime at home. Since they did not induce her to work at home, she is not entitled to the greater amount of overtime compensation claimed under 5 U.S.C. § 5542, which requires that overtime be officially ordered or approved. Emma H. Welsh, an employee of the Department of Energy, is entitled to overtime compensation computed under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. SS 201-219, for work outside regular duty hours performed with the knowledge of her superiors. Her claim for additional amounts computed under 5 U.S.C. S 5542 is disallowed. The claim submitted by Ms. Welsh covers the period from July 23., 1979, to August 24, 1980, during which time she was employed by the Department of Energy in the Payroll and Travel Operations Branch. The record indicates that during this period she performed work at home in an effort to reduce a backlog of unaudited travel vouchers. There is no dispute as to the fact that Ms. Welsh performed the work in question. In fact, the Department has accepted her documen- tation as showing that she performed 833 hours of additional work at home and found that she was entitled to overtime compensation of $8,135.57 under the FLSA. This determina- tion is based on the Department's finding that Ms. Welsh's superiors suffered or permitted her performance of the additional work within the meaning of 29 U.S.C. S 203(g). Ms. Welsh claims that her superiors did more than suffer or permit her to work at home and she claims entitlement to compensation in excess of the amount deter- mined to be due her under the FLSA. Specifically, she claims that the overtime work was officially ordered or Osol I

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