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B-159779 1 (1978-04-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfxr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLL.R OENERAL DECISION . .OF THE UNITED UTATEe WNAUHCITCJN, V.C. ROS4 FILE: B-159779 DATE: April 25, 1978 MATTER OF: Bureau of Engraving - Night Shift Employees on Duty When Daylight Savings Time Becomes Effective DIGEST: Employees who nave regularly scheduled night shifts are charged 1 hour of annual leave when they work only 7 hours on last Sunday in April when daylight savings time begins. Alternatively, agency may, by union agreement or agency policy, permit employees to work an additional hour on that day as method of maintaining regular 8-hour shift and normal pay. Administrative leave is not a proper alternative. By letter dated January 18, 1978, The Honorable William J. Beckhan, Jr., Assistant Secretary (Administration), Department of the Treasury, requests our decision whether it would be permissible for the Bureau of EngravIng and Printint to grant emplJyees I hour of administrative leave when they are on a regularly scheduled night shift and would otherwise lose 1 hour of work and pay due to the change from standard time tu duylight savings time at 2 a..m. on the inst. Sunday in April pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 160a(a) (1976). I The p:esent policy of te Bureau is to charge employees 1 hour of annual leave (or, 11 necessary, leave without pay) when the change to daylight savings time occurs. That policy is in accord with our decision in 26 Corp. Gen. 921 (194/) which states that it is proper to permit employees to use anrnual leave to avoid the loss of pay and benefits. The Assistant Secretary points out that a more recent decision, 53 Comp. Gen. 292 (1973), reiterates the propriety of the prior decision regarding the charging of annual leave. That decision also holds that, under the applicable statutes and regulationsan employee may not be paid Sunday premium pay for that hour, but is entitled to night differential for the hour of annual leave if his total paid leave for the period is less than 8 hours. The Assistant Secretary notes that, under our decisions, the employees concerned lose 1 hour of annual leave, designed for personal use at the employees' discretion, through what is easentially an involuntary process. Also, the situation occurs every year and affects approximately 20 employees in the Bureau. The Assistant Se,;retary specifically asks the following questions:

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