B-227489: Nov 30, 1987

CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - Compensation - Overtime - Eligibility - Travel Time DIGEST: An employee claims overtime pay for hours spent traveling to and from temporary duty where the travel was found to have resulted from an event which could have been scheduled or controlled administratively. Our prior denial of his claim is affirmed since the employee has not provided sufficient factual or legal suppor...

B-227489: Nov 30, 1987

A civilian employee of the Air Force requested reconsideration of the denial of his claim for overtime pay while he travelled to and from his temporary assignment. GAO had held that the employee was not entitled to overtime pay, since: (1) he did not perform any work while travelling to and from his assignment; (2) his assignment was not of an emergency nature; and (3) he could have travelled duri...