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B-241871 1 (1991-04-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnwj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: %- te Uakt3d St~t W.MlS 1, M,C. 0 Decision Matter of: Stephen G, Burns - Constructive Cost of Travel When Annual Leave is Taken File: B-241871 Date: April 25, 1991 D5IGEST An employee was authorized round-trip air travel by premium class, but he did not return by premium class since he had scheduled annual leave in advance, The employee is riot entitled to credit for the premium-class travel for the return trip for purposes of establishing constructive cost since his scheduled annual leave removed the justification for premium- class travel on the return trip. DEC18ION Mr. William C, Parler, General Counsel of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), requests our decision on the proper basis for computing the constructive cost of an employee's return travel when annual leave was taken during an overseas trip. For the following reasons, we conclude that the employee is not entitled to credit for the constructive cost of the authorized premium-class travel for the return trip. BACKGROUND In September 1990, \Stephen G. Burns, the Exeutive Assistant to the Chairman, NRC, accompanied the Chairman on official travel to Vienna, Adstria, and Budapest, Hungary, to attend the general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency and to meet with officials of the Government of Hungary. However, Mr. Burns did not travel with the Chairman back to Washington, D.C., from Budapest because he took 3 days of scheduled annual leave at the completion of'the official bdsiness in Budapest. Instead he returned to Vienna prior to traveling back from there to Washington, D.C., by economy class. The 'Chairman may authorize the use of premium-class travel by NRC employees, and Mr. Burns was authorized by the Chairman to fly.round-trip premium class for security purposes arid in order to conduct business en route since he was to accompany

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