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B-223737 1 (1987-06-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmsx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof- Claude R. Hall - Travel Expenses - File: Vacation Trip - Erroneous Advice Date: B-223737 June 24, 1987 DIGEST In response to a job announcement, an employee applied for and was accepted for a position in Guam. The job announcement and his travel orders authorized one round-trip vacation to Hawaii for the employee and his family at government expense. His claim for reimbursement for these vacation travel expenses is denied since (1) the government is not bound by employment offer, (2) the employee's rights are statutory and not contractual, and (3) there is no statutory authority for payment. The government is not bound by unauthorized acts of its agents, and the facts of this case do not contain equitable considerations that warrant our reporting the matter to Congress under the Meritorious Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3702(d) (1982). BACKGROUND This decision is in response to a joint request under our labor-management procedures in 4 C.F.R. Part 22, from officials of the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, and the National Council of Field Labor Lodges. The issue presented is whether Mr. Claude R. Hall, an employee of Labor, may be reimbursed for the travel and subsistence expenses he incurred when he and his family went on a vacation trip to Hawaii. The vacation was authorized by Labor at government expense. We conclude that Mr. Hall may not be reimbursed since there is no authority for payment for this trip. Nor do we believe his claim contains such equitable considerations that would warrant our reporting it to Congress under provisions of the Meritorious Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. S 3702(d) (1982). Mr. Hall is a Wage-Hour Compliance Officer with the Employment Security Administration, Labor, currently stationed in Eugene, Oregon. Mr. Hall was originally stationed in Eugene, Oregon, when, in response to a job 3 73

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