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B-194442 1 (1979-06-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhhj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION THE COMPTROLLER GEN . OF THE UNITED ST' WASHINGTON, D C. 2 ( /01 FILE: B-194442 DATE: JUN 19)6 MATTER OF: William G. Covert - Claim for Higher Rate of Pay on Promotion DIGEST: Wage board employee, who was promoted and transferred to duty station with special wage schedule, claims retroactive pay for difference between WG-11, step 1 and step 3. Claim is denied since rate of pay in WG-11 was properly set under applicable Civil Service Commission regulations. Mr. William G. Covert has appealed our Claims Division determination denying his Lclaim for retroactive pay incident to his- promotion and transfer to a new wage area Mr. Covert believes his rate of pay should have been set at WG-II, step 3, instead of WG-11, step 1, and he seeks retroactive compensation for the period from December 26, 1971, to July 1976. Mr. Covert was employed by the Department of the Air Force and was transferred and promoted from his wage board position at the Hill Air Force Base, WG-10, step 3, to a WG-11 position at the Hill Air Force Range, effective December 26, 1971. The report from the Air Force states that under the Civil Service.Commission (CSC) reg- ulations in effect at the time of his promotion, Mr. Covert was entitled to be paid at the lowest scheduled rate of his new grade which exceeded his prior rate of pay by no less than one step rate increment. It appears that Mr. Covert was receiving $4.69 per hour in his WG-10, step 3, position, and that the step increment was 18 cents per hour. Thus, Mr. Covert had to receive at least $4.87 per hour upon promotion. Since the rate of pay for the first step of WG-11 at the Hill Air Force Range was $5.04 per hour, Mr. Covert's salary was set at WG-11, step 1. The record before us also shows that in 1967 a special Federal Wage System schedule was established for the Hill Air Force Range so as to compensate employees for the extra expense and time asso- ciated with commuting to this remote worksite. This special sched- ule was 12 percent higher than the nearby locality rate, and Mr. Covert's rate of pay was set under this special wage schedule in 1971. However, in 1975 the CSC advised the Air Force that the Hill Air Force Range met the criteria for payment of a remote work- site commuting allowance under 5 U.S.C. § 5942 but that such allow- ance could not be paid until the special wage schedule was changed. UZ00

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