B-232480: Jun 2, 1989

Waiver is granted because the erroneous overpayment was compounded by subsequent confusion resulting in a 6-month delay in seeking its collection. Nalley's pay was calculated every 2 weeks as if she had worked 40 hours each week. It was later discovered that Ms. Nalley was entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for those weeks in which she worked in excess of 40 hours....

B-232480: Jun 2, 1989

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed a request for waiver of an Air Force nurse's salary overpayment. The Air Force advised that, 6 months after paying the claimant for overtime work she performed over several weeks, it discovered that its calculation of the lump-sum overtime payment failed to take into account several weeks in which she worked less than 40 hours. GAO held that the cl...