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B-202049 1 (1981-08-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjpo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-202049 THE COMPTROLLER 0 ERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTO:N. D C. 20548 DATE: August 5, 1981 MATTER OF: Durwood H. Nolin - Claim for Overtime Compensation DIGEST: Employee seeks overtime compensation for time spent traveling in Government bus to and from quarters and actual worksite. Compensation may not be paid since travel was not within the regularly scheduled administrative workweek of the employee. 5 U.S.C. § 5542(b)(2). This is in response to a request for reconsideration of the denial by our Claims Group of a claim by Durwood H. Nolin for overtime compensation for the hours spent commuting to and from his worksite in a Government bus. Mr. Nolin contends that between October 26, 1979, and January 5, 1980, he was forced by his employer, the Department of the Army, to lodge in Eilat, Israel, 50 miles from the worksite. He was transported to the worksite and back by Government bus, a trip of approximately 70 minutes each way. Mr. Nolin states that he lodged in Eilat solely for the convenience of: his employer; therefore, the bus ride was official travel for which he should be compensated. Relying on 5 U.S.C. § 5542(b)(2) (1976), as well as a report from the Department of the Army to this Office which said that Mr. Nolin's travel did not satisfy the necessary criteria and thus may not be considered compensable traveltime, our Claims Group denied Mr. Nolin's claim. Section 5542(b)(2) provides as follows concerning computation of hours of overtime: (2) time spent in a travel status away from the official duty station of an employee is not hours of employment unless-- (A) the time spent is within the days and hours of the regularly scheduled administrative workweek of the employee, including regularly scheduled overtime hours; or

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