B-193333: Dec 4, 1979

An agency requested reconsideration of a Claims Division allowance of an employee's claim for a retroactive promotion with backpay. The employee was detailed to a higher grade position for 20 months, beginning in 1974, which the agency stated was not established and classified until 1977. GAO found that the position established in 1977 had no probative value as to what the work assignment and clas...

B-193333: Dec 4, 1979

DIGEST: AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WAS TEMPORARILY DETAILED TO A HIGHER GRADE POSITION FOR 20 MONTHS BEGINNING IN 1974. HIS AGENCY ARGUES THAT THE POSITION HE OCCUPIED WAS NOT CLASSIFIED EVEN THOUGH TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES IN THE HIGHER GRADE WERE ASSIGNED THE SAME DUTIES. THE CLAIMANT WAS DETAILED WITHIN THE MEANING OF TURNER-CALDWELL. THE SITUATION HERE IS A DETAIL TO A CAREER LAD...