B-210917: Aug 10, 1983

WAS BASED ON OUR EARLY TURNER-CALDWELL DECISIONS. A READING OF THE APPLICABLE AGENCY REGULATIONS SHOW THAT NO CHANGES WERE MADE. WE HAVE RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM THE GRAPHIC ARTS INTERNATIONAL UNION. THE ISSUE PRESENTED IS WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE (GPO) HAS ESTABLISHED THROUGH ITS OWN REGULATIONS A NONDISCRETIONARY AGENCY POLICY THAT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE DETAILED TO HIGHER-GRADED POSITION...

B-210917: Aug 10, 1983

A decision was requested by the Government Printing Office (GPO) concerning an employee's claim for a retroactive temporary promotion and backpay. The issue was whether GPO regulations establish a nondiscretionary agency policy that employees who are detailed to higher graded positions for more than 30 days are entitled to a temporary promotion. GPO argued that the timing and sequence of its regul...