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B-229168 1 (1988-09-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnez0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroler General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Government Printing Office - Workers' Compensation - Buy Back of Leave - Use of Annual Matterof: or Sick Leave to Liquidate Debt File: B-229168 Date: September 7, 1988 DIGEST Under the provisions of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, an employee who uses annual or sick leave during absences from work in connection with work-related injuries or illnesses may buy back or repurchase such leave and accept workers' compensation for the period of such absences under the Act. We hold that an employee may not use accumulated annual or sick leave in order to liquidate an indebtedness owed the agency since annual and sick leave may not be converted into a monetary equivalent in these circumstances. See Donald R. Manning v. United States, 7 Cl. Ct. 128, 133 (1984). DECISION The issue in this decision is whether an employee in a leave repurchase situation under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act may convert accumulated annual or sick leave into a cash equivalent in order to liquidate an indebtedness owed to the government. We hold that accumulated annual or sick leave may not be converted for the following reasons. BACKGROUND This decision is in response to a request by Mr. Grant G. Moy, Jr., General Counsel, United States Government Printing Office (GPO), and George B. Driesen, Esquire, who represents the members of the Columbia Typographical Union, Local No. 101 (union). The case is being considered under our procedures for decisions concerning the legality of appropriated fund expenditures which are of mutual concern to agencies and labor organizations, 4 C.F.R. part 22 (1987). 0 Y

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