B-149600, AUG. 14, 1962
Highlights
WAS NOT "BORNE OUT" AS EVIDENCED BY YOUR COPY OF THE APPROVED MANNING SCALE FOR THE FS 392 EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 13. YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE HIGHER WAGE SCALES SPECIFIED IN MANNING SCALE NO. 7. THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY HAS REPORTED TO OUR OFFICE THAT MANNING SCALE NO. 7 WAS NOT IMPLEMENTED. THAT NO. 5 AND PAGE 2 OF THE REVISION OF MARINE WAGE SCALES AND DESIGNATIONS WERE USED IN DETERMINING THAT YOU WERE PAID THE FULL AMOUNT TO WHICH YOU WERE ENTITLED. OUR OFFICE SETTLEMENT WAS CORRECT AND IT IS HEREBY SUSTAINED.
B-149600, AUG. 14, 1962
TO MR. LARS H. ROLFSEN:
YOUR LETTER OF JULY 16, 1962, REQUESTS REVIEW OF OUR OFFICE SETTLEMENT OF JULY 1, 1959, WHICH DISALLOWED YOUR CLAIM FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION ALLEGED TO BE DUE YOU AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY DURING THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 18, 1952, TO FEBRUARY 1, 1954.
YOU CONTEND THAT OUR OFFICE SETTLEMENT, STATING THAT YOU HAD BEEN PAID TO THE FULL EXTENT AUTHORIZED BY APPROVED MANNING SCALES, WAS NOT "BORNE OUT" AS EVIDENCED BY YOUR COPY OF THE APPROVED MANNING SCALE FOR THE FS 392 EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 13, 1952.
APPARENTLY, YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE HIGHER WAGE SCALES SPECIFIED IN MANNING SCALE NO. 7. HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY HAS REPORTED TO OUR OFFICE THAT MANNING SCALE NO. 7 WAS NOT IMPLEMENTED; THAT MANNING SCALE NO. 5 REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL ISSUANCE OF NO. 8; AND THAT NO. 5 AND PAGE 2 OF THE REVISION OF MARINE WAGE SCALES AND DESIGNATIONS WERE USED IN DETERMINING THAT YOU WERE PAID THE FULL AMOUNT TO WHICH YOU WERE ENTITLED.
IN VIEW OF THE REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, OUR OFFICE SETTLEMENT WAS CORRECT AND IT IS HEREBY SUSTAINED.