About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-177057 1 (1973-01-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtus0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 660 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OFTHE UNITED' STATES WAS14INGrONrDC._ 20148... B- 177057 JAN 23 4973 No. Lola E. Rowe Chief. Branch of Personnel-Operations (B) Office of the Secretary United StatesDepartment of the Interior Dear Ms. Rowe: This refers to the claim of. for payment of 72 hours of unused annual leave and for 25 hpurs of coinpensatory Mia~e allegedly forfeited at time of separation, You ftirnished a .report on the claim by letter dated August 24, 1972.. The record shows that mr. was separated from his position as an employee of the Trust Territory o .the PaCific .Islands on June 25, 1971, due to a reduction in. orce. Mr. states that on April 2, 1971, a letter of: separation was. forwtrded to *him. He also, states that he was aware at that time of the regulation limiting annual leave payable to 45 days. 1However, when.he.checked'with the Matshalls District Person- nel as to the sta *tus of anni'at'leavi that he'had- accumulated above 45 days, he was alegodly advised by the Headquartars Personnel 'Department in Saipan that-he would be paid for all annual leave on the books the first pay per-&0 after his separa4ti.on..if.it did ot extend into the next calendar year. He also states that he .ci.ecked this ruling on June 10, 1971, with the Assistant .Personnel Director at $aipan who allegedly told him that if he '~d been nformed by the Personnel Director .that he would be paid forall his annual leave then• such must have .been correct. Mr,. claims that in .reliane on this -he did not use his excess leave, which the. record s.hows to be. 72 hours, and- as a result it was forfeited, at the time of his separa-tion,:.A11e requests an extension of the date of his separation sothat he'may'be-paid for1the excessa al leave on the basis that it was agency policy to notify employees that, they had to either-use annual leave or lose it and that he. was not so notified. The High Commissioner of the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, in his letter of August 7, 1972, stateshtbat it-is. the standard practice of their personnel office to notify'separating employees that excess annual leave and copi.nsatory time -will be lost. if not used prior to separation. However. they will not refute. Mr. contention that he-was mis- Informed and they are willing-to admit that, possibly, they were in error. Since an employee ordinarily would not villingly forfeit annual leave, .it is concluded in view of the above St tement .at' .Mr. separa- tion was effected Vithout advance notice £f a-possible forfeiture. This peb

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most