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B-216952 1 (1985-10-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbyj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: LIL UNRESTRICTE - O TH COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OP THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 2O549 FILE: B-216952 DATE: October 18, 1985 MATTER OF: Carl L. Haggins - Overtime Compensation - Retroactive Quality Step Increase DIGEST: 1. Former employee of Department of the Interior alleges that he performed overtime work as an Equal .Employment Opportunity (EEO) Investigator because of heavy work- load and remoteness of worksites, and that the discretionary perform- ance of overtime work was recognized by the agency. Interior had a written policy which stated that overtime work must be approved in advance by the Chief of the EEO Complaints Investigations Branch and that overtime could not be claimed unless approved in advance. Claimant has been paid for overtime work that was approved in advance. Since other overtime work allegedly performed by claimant was not ordered or approved by the Branch Chief, overtime compensation for that work may not be paid. See 5 U.S.C. S 5542 (1982); Baylor v. United States, 198 Ct. Cl. 331 (1972). 2. Former employee of Department of the Interior claims entitlement to a quality step increase (QSI). His supervisor recommended that he be granted a QSI but, upon review, the award was not approved since performance standards had not been established for the employee's unit at that time. Claimant is not entitled to a QSI inasmuch as agency has discretionary authority, under 5 U.S.C. S 5336 (1982), to approve or disapprove a QSI. Claimant does

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