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B-229170 1 (1988-09-09)

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The Comptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548

Decision



Matterof:  Russell C. Washington, Sr., et al.

File:      B-229170

Date:     September 9, 1988


DIGEST

Employees were appointed on a when-actually-employed or
intermittent basis. While they generally worked the same
schedule over a period of time, this alone does not
constitute a regularly scheduled tour of duty. Therefore,
the employees are not entitled to retroactive annual and
sick leave benefits.


DECISION

We hold that Russel C. Washington, Sr., et al., employees of
the Bureau of the Census, United States Department of
Commerce, are not entitled to retroactive annual and sick
leave benefits for the time during which they were employed
in an intermittent or when-actually-employed (WAE) status.

BACKGROUND

This action results from simultaneous submissions for a
decision by the Comptroller General on an unresolved
grievance between employees represented by the American
Federation of Government Employees, Local 2782, AFL-CIO, and
the Bureau of the Census, United States Department of
Commerce. The two issues in dispute which gave rise to the
grievance are: (1) whether Russel C. Washington, Sr., and
10 other employees, intermittent (WAE) employees of the
Bureau of the Census, were required to work prescheduled
tours of duty; and, (2) if so, whether they are entitled to
retroactive annual and sick leave benefits on a pro rata
basis for the weeks they in fact worked prescheduled tours
of duty.

All 11 employees were designated intermittents, or WAEs,
and did not accrue annual or sick leave until offered the
opportunity in 1985 to change to mixed tour, permanent full-
time, or permanent part-time status, in which they did


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