A request was made for the authorization of double overtime pay for wage board employees of the Army Corps of Engineers covered by the special Pacific Northwest Regional Power Rate Schedule. The schedule was based on the wage rates and pay practices of the electric power industry in that area which provided for an overtime rate of double time for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week and on...

DOUBLE OVERTIME WAS STOPPED BY AGENCY FOLLOWING OUR DECISION IN 57 COMP.GEN. 259. ALTHOUGH WAGES ARE NOT NEGOTIATED. PROVISION FOR DOUBLE OVERTIME IS PRESERVED BY SECTION 9(B) OF PUBLIC LAW 92-392. THIS DECISION IS MODIFIED (EXTENDED) BY 60 COMP.GEN. 58. 1980: IS DOUBLE OVERTIME PAY AUTHORIZED FOR WAGE BOARD EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WHO ARE COVERED BY THE SPECIAL PACIFIC NORTH...