United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-05-19 monographic deposited born digital 18 p. GA 1.13:GGD-95-144 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-144 P0b002ee18037daab f:gg95144 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-144 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-144 GGD-95-144 Federal employees Variable incentive pay Employee incentives Annual leave Sick leave Federal personnel law Judicial opinions Budget outlays Cost control Leave claims Voluntary Leave Transfer Program Letter Report GGD

Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed federal agencies' payment of premium pay to employees on leave, focusing on: (1) the agencies that paid the most Sunday premium pay; (2) the total amounts of Sunday premium pay paid to employees on leave; (3) whether employees at selected agencies increased their leave usage after the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued premium pay guidance; and (4) the amount the agencies spent on overtime, night differential, and holiday premium pay for fiscal year (FY) 1994.<p/>GAO found that: (1) a 1993 court decision required federal agencies to pay premium pay to employees regularly scheduled to work on Sunday even if they were on leave; (2) Congress subsequently prohibited Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees in such circumstances from receiving premium pay, which saved about $6 million; (3) in FY 1993, the Departments of Defense (DOD), Justice (DOJ), and Veterans Affairs, and FAA paid $178 million in Sunday premium pay which comprised about 86 percent of the premium pay paid by all executive branch agencies during that year; (4) in FY 1994, the four agencies and the Customs Service paid $146.1 million in Sunday premium pay, of which $17.9 million went to employees on leave; (5) after OPM issued its premium pay guidance, leave usage on Sundays at three of the agencies increased from 0.5 to 2.7 percent whereas DOD Sunday leave usage decreased 2.3 percent; (6) there was not enough information available to determine DOJ leave trends; and (7) for FY 1994, the five agencies reviewed paid $760 million, $5.94 billion, and $419.2 million in night differential, overtime, and holiday premium pay, respectively. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-144/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-144.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-144/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-144.pdf GAO/GGD-95-144 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-144 Letter Report GAO/GGD-95-144; Sunday Premium Pay: Millions of Dollars in Sunday Premium Pay Are Paid to Employees on Leave; Federal employees Variable incentive pay Employee incentives Annual leave Sick leave Federal personnel law Judicial opinions Budget outlays Cost control Leave claims Voluntary Leave Transfer Program Title 5 Section 5546(a) Title 5 Section 5753 Title 5 Section 5754 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) 5 U.S.C. 5753 5 U.S.C. 5754 Title 19 Section 267 19 U.S.C. 267