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B-197728 1 (1980-11-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadire0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 4. I FILE: B-19772 MATTER OF: LILEST 8 AT November 7, 1980 Philip A. Lombardi Retroactive Salary Adjustment) An employee of Department of the Army was appointed at grade GS-15, step 1, where agency, through administrative oversight did not act timely to obtain the required approval of the Civil Service Commission to appoint him at step 7 of grade 15. The employee may not receive a retroactive increase in pay because, under 5 U.S.C. 5333 (1976) and implementing regulations, prior approval by the Commission was required for the appointment at a rate above the minimum rate of the appropriate grade. By letter dated January 10, 1980, Dr. Philip A. Lombardi, an employee of the U.S. Patterson Army Hos- pital, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, appealed the action of our Claims Division which by settlement dated July 31, 1979, disallowed his claim for a retroactive salary increase for the period September 1, 1978, to October 8, 1978. As is explained below, the retro- active salary increase may not be allowed. The record shows that on July 10, 1978, the Civilian Personnel Office at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, was notified by officials of the U.S. Patterson Army Hospital, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, that Dr. Lombardi would be available to enter on duty on September 1, 1978, and it was requested that he be hired at step 7 of grade GS-15. It appears that the request to hire Dr. Lombardi at the special step 7 rate was due to the lack of applicants for the position involved and in order to attract physicians with the competency required for that position it was necessary to hire at a higher rate of salary. Due to an oversight the Civilian Personnel Office failed to submit a timely request to the Civil Service Commission to have Dr. Lombardi certified for appointment at the GS-15 level and to obtain approval to hire him at 1 N-2 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OF THE UNITED STATEB WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548

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