B-225960: Dec 28, 1987

Long Hansen's Disease Center may be granted since such action is consistent with an act of Congress expressing approval of the overtime pay. Hansen's Disease Center - Retroactive Payment of Overtime Pay: The issue in this case is whether the Department of Health and Human Services may pay retroactive overtime pay to a group of employees at the Gillis W. Such pay was to be "as provided by regulatio...

B-225960: Dec 28, 1987

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requested a decision concerning its authority to make retroactive overtime payments to its employees at the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center. GAO held that HHS could grant retroactive overtime pay to the employees, since such payment would be consistent with congressional intent under a statutory provision that allowed overtime compensation f...