Click here to view the decision.
60 FLRA No. 94
Social Security Administration and AFGE, Local 836 (Baker, Arbitrator)
0-AR-3818
(Decided December 13, 2004)
The Arbitrator found that the grievant, a Union official who was participating in a grievance hearing in Pueblo, Colorado, on behalf of the Union, was entitled to additional per diem and compensation when she returned to her work location in Boston several calendar days after the date on her travel authorization. The Authority set aside the portion of the award directing the Agency to provide the grievant such additional per diem and compensation.
The Authority found that as the grievant was properly authorized to travel on Saturday, February 15, she was entitled to the 3/4 per diem she would have received for her return that day. Accordingly, the Authority found that the portion of the award directing the Agency to provide the grievant per diem and pay for Sunday, February 16 through Tuesday, February 18 was inconsistent with management's right to assign work under § 7106(a)(2)(B) of the Statute, and was set aside.