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B-224662 1 (1987-08-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmuk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: E ~The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof- Prevailing Rate Employees - Proper Wage Schedule for Certain Floating Plant Operators File: B-224662 Date: August 21, 1987 DIGEST The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) requests our decision as to whether certain U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prevailing rate employees who work aboard a floating plant and are paid under a special schedule with rates set according to the New Orleans, Louisiana wage area may be placed under the Lake Charles-Alexandria wage area schedule or, in the alter- native, under a special schedule with rates comparable to that wage schedule. The NFFE's request may not be granted since it appears that the employees are being paid in accord with longstanding Corps practices. Any change in those practices must be authorized by the Office of Personnel Management after consideration and recommendation by the Prevailing Rate Committee. DECISION The President of the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), Mr. James M. Peirce, has requested our decision as to whether certain U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) prevailing rate employees who work aboard a floating plant and are paid under a special schedule with rates set according to the New Orleans, Louisiana wage area should be placed under the Lake Charles-Alexandria wage area schedule or, in the alternative, under a special schedule with rates comparable to that wage schedule. Mr. Peirce submitted this request under our procedures set forth at Part/ 2, Title 4 of the Code of Federal Regulations for decisiahs on appro- priated fund expenditures which aie of mutual concern to agencies and labor organizations. Although the Corps has not objected to our consideration of this matter, it has declined to submit any comments. We requested the comments of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on this matter and provided both the Corps and NFFE with the opportunity to respond to those comments. Only the NFFE responded. For reasons which we will explain below, we cannot grant the relief that NFFE seeks.

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