B-222379: Apr 10, 1987

THIS OFFICE WILL NOT INQUIRE INTO MATTERS RELATIVE TO A GRIEVANCE SINCE SUCH MATTERS ARE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE EMPLOYING AGENCY AND THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. IF AN EMPLOYEE IS FOUND TO HAVE UNDERGONE AN UNJUSTIFIED OR UNWARRANTED PERSONNEL ACTION. WE WILL AUTHORIZE THE PAYMENT OF BACKPAY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE BACK PAY ACT. ARMY CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE IS NOT ENTITLED TO BACKPAY...

B-222379: Apr 10, 1987

An Army employee appealed the Claims Group's denial of his claim for backpay and substitution of sick leave for leave without pay in connection with a reassignment, contending that the grievance examiner's recommendation that the Army grant him his backpay and leave subsitution claims was final because the Army failed to transmit the recommendation to the next command level within 8 days. GAO held...