B-183083: Aug 19, 1975

WAS NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL MAY 7. BECAUSE WAGE BOARD RATES WERE SET BY LABOR-MANAGEMENT NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT AND THERE WAS QUESTION OF UNION REPRESENTATION. WAGE ADJUSTMENT MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE RETROACTIVELY SINCE THE PROVISIONS IN 5 U.S.C. 5344 REGARDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF WAGE BOARD PAY ADJUSTMENTS ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO LABOR- MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS AND NO TENTATIVE AGREEMENT AS TO THE EFFECTIVE...

B-183083: Nov 28, 1975

SUCH AN INTERPRETATION IS NOT WARRANTED BY OUR PAST DECISIONS. IT IS PERMISSIBLE FOR AN AGENCY TO AGREE IN ADVANCE ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE TO IMPLEMENT WAGES YET TO BE NEGOTIATED WHERE THE AGREED UPON DATE IS NOT EARLIER THAN THE DATE OF THE PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT TO SET EFFECTIVE DATE FOR WAGE RATES: BOTH THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND THE AMERI...

B-183083: Nov 28, 1975

Clarification was requested of earlier decisions concerning the effective implementation date of certain negotiated wage schedules of the agency's employees. The union desired to agree in advance to the effective date of the new wage agreement while continuing to bargain over the rate, but the agency claimed that such a preliminary agreement must contain an independently ascertainable standard for...

B-183083: Aug 19, 1975

An advance decision was requested regarding the propriety of a retroactive pay adjustment for certain wage board employees. A wage survey commenced in time to be effective February 4, 1973, was not effected until May 7, 1973, because wage board rates were set by labor-management negotiated agreement and there was a question regarding the union representation. The wage adjustment may not be made ef...