B-222378: Mar 13, 1987

THOSE CLAIMS WERE NOT RECEIVED IN THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE (GAO) UNTIL MARCH 20. EMPLOYEES WORKING AS PETROLEUM INSPECTORS ARE NOT ENTITLED TO NIGHT DIFFERENTIAL UNDER 5 U.S.C. SINCE THE NATURE OF THEIR WORK IS NOT PREDICTABLE ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE AGENCY TO SCHEDULE THEIR HOURS IN ADVANCE. ET AL. - PREMIUM PAY - NIGHT DIFFERENTIAL PAY CLAIMS: THIS DECISION IS IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM PETE...

B-222378: Mar 13, 1987

The Defense Logistics Agency requested a decision concerning the entitlement of three employees to night differential pay for overtime hours they worked between 1977 and 1983. GAO held that: (1) it would not consider the claims concerning time worked before March 1980, since statutory law barred GAO consideration of claims more than 6 years after the first accrual date; (2) filing the claim with a...