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B-231475 1 (1988-08-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadned0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General / of the United States 4 ~ Washington. D.C. 20548 NDecision William Carragher -- Claim for Overtime Matterof: Compensation File: B-231475 Date: August 12, 1988 DIGEST An employee claims overtime compensation for excess travel time incurred in driving from his home to his temporary worksite over the course of a year. Entitlement to overtime compensation by the employee while in a travel status under 5 U.S.C. S 5544(a)(iv) (1982) requires that travel result from an event which is totally beyond the control of the government arising from a compelling reason of an emergency nature. Temporary relocation of employee's worksite for 1 year under the direction of the government resulting in additional travel time during that period does not meet statutory requirements of 5 U.S.C. § 5544(a)(iv). There- fore, employee is not entitled to overtime compensation for excess travel time under that statute. DECISION This decision is in response to a claim by Mr. William Carragher, an employee of the Naval Undersea Warfare Engineering Station, Keyport, Washington, for overtime pay under 5 U.S.C. S 5544 while traveling to and from temporary duty at Indian Island, Washington, during the approximately 1 year he was assigned to that worksite. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that Mr. Carragher is not entitled to overtime pay under title 5. BACKGROUND In early 1987 the Navy temporarily transferred the container refurbishment workload site where Mr. Carragher is assigned from Keyport, Washington to Indian Island, Washington, pending the renovation of a new permanent worksite near Keyport. Indian Island is approximately 35 miles away from Keyport and the transfer resulted in an additional 90 minutes of round-trip travel each day for Mr. Carragher in his private automobile during the year he worked at Indian Island.

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