https://www.gao.gov/products/139182

B-231943: Jul 14, 1989

The Army requested a decision regarding whether a reinstated civilian employee could retain a lump-sum payment she received for accrued annual leave when she separated from the Army. The Army advised that: (1) under a settlement agreement, the Army agreed to reinstate the employee retroactively with backpay; and (2) although the settlement agreement did not address the repayment of the lump-sum am...

https://www.gao.gov/products/467287

B-231943: Jul 14, 1989

DIGEST: An employee who is retroactively restored to duty and awarded backpay may not retain a lump-sum payment for annual leave even though the settlement agreement of her discrimination complaints failed to consider deduction of this amount from her backpay award. This lump sum payment is not subject to waiver since deduction of the lump-sum payment from the backpay award does not result in a ne...