A former Government Printing Office employee appealed a Claims Group action which denied his claim for a retroactive temporary promotion and backpay incident to an overlong detail. The employee based his claim on previous GAO decisions which ruled in favor of an employee's right to a retroactive promotion and backpay incident to an overlong detail. However, a recent Court of Claims ruling held tha...

WHO ALLEGES HE WAS DETAILED TO A GG-14 STAFF ASSISTANT POSITION IN THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC PRINTER. THAT EMPLOYEES HAVE NO ENTITLEMENT UNDER STATUTE OR THE FEDERAL PERSONNEL MANUAL TO TEMPORARY PROMOTIONS FOR OVERLONG DETAILS. SINCE WE HAVE RECENTLY RULED THAT WE WILL FOLLOW THE WILSON DECISION AND NO LONGER FOLLOW OUR PRIOR TURNER CALDWELL DECISIONS WITH RESPECT TO PENDING OR FUTURE CASES. THE E...