Worthington v. United States

Type

Opinion of the Court

Per curiam

Yes — no individual author

Filed

Dec. 5, 2002

Case

Worthington v. United States

Case status

Decided

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PER CURIAM. James L. Worthington appeals from a judgment of the United States Court of Federal Claims (“CFC”) granting the Government’s motion for summary judgment on Mr. Worthington’s claim for back pay pursuant to the Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act (“CWSA”), 5 U.S.C. §§ 6127 et seq. (2000), and to the Back Pay Act (“BPA”), 5 U.S.C. §§ 5596 et seq. (2000). Worthington v. United States, 41 Fed. Cl. 181 (1998). Because the court correctly determined that the Government was entitled to judgment on the record as a matter of law, we affirm. BACKGROUND This claim for back pay has been 14 years in the making and the saga continues. The facts of the case, however, are not in dispute. Mr. Worthington was employed by the United States Forest Service (“agency”) as a Civil Engineering Technician for approximately 15 years. On March 23, 1988, Mr. Worthington was given a letter of instruction reassigning him from a regular to a compressed work tour. Under the new work schedule, instead of working 8 hours a day for a total of 40 hours per week, he worked 80 hours for every two-week period, with the following time distribution: 8 hours every other Monday, 9 hours on …

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