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B-233656 1 (1989-06-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnmk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: w Compenier General of the united Be s ($)Wahiestem D.C. 2 Decision Intermittent Employees - Compensation - Lapsed Matterof. Appropriations and Emergency Closing F~e: B-233656 Date: June 19, 1989 1. Intermittant employees who were furloughed for 4 hours on October 17, 1986, due to a lapse in appropriations are entitled to be compensated for the period during which the lapse occurred. See H.J. Res. 754, Oct. 27, 1986. 2. Intermittent employees who were furloughed for 3-1/4 Hours due to an emergency shutdown of the office (wtterline break) claim compensation for the period during which the shutdown occurred. Evidence shows that the employees were at work and had ample work to complete a normal workday. Under these circumstances, the agency may grant them administrative leave and may compensate them in same manner as all other employees who were sent home. DEC181IO This d cis io ' cncerns two unresolved .grievancoes between employees .r;ree, nted by the Nation'al 'Treasury ',mployees Union (NTEU), Chapter 28,'\and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Richmond lDistr'ct Office4l/ The issues indispute are: (1) whether temporary intermittent empldyees are entitled to compensation (in the form of administrative leave) for time lost during a furlough which resulte from a lapse Jn appropriationsg and (2) whether the IRS has author- ity to compensate intermittent employees who were deprived of compensation for work that would have been performed but for an emergency closing of the regional office.3/ For the 1/ Submitted by Jack G. Petrie, IRS District Director. Both parties have agreed to abide by our decision. I/ The IRS states that in the interest of equity and gcod employee relations, the agency has no objection to compen- sating these employees for the time lost if there is a legal way to do so.

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