B-229168: Sep 7, 1988

Government Printing Office - Workers' Compensation - Buy Back of Leave - Use of Annual or Sick Leave to Liquidate Debt: The issue in this decision is whether an employee in a leave repurchase situation under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act may convert accumulated annual or sick leave into a cash equivalent in order to liquidate an indebtedness owed to the government. BACKGROUND This decisi...

B-229168: Sep 7, 1988

The Government Printing Office (GPO) and a labor union requested a decision regarding a proposal to permit employees in a leave repurchase situation under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act to convert accumulated annual or sick leave into a cash equivalent in order to liquidate indebtedness to the government. GAO held that the: (1) applicable statute allowed employees to convert accrued leave...