Bowman v. United States

OPINION

LYDON, Judge:

In these consolidated civilian pay actions, plaintiffs, civilian employees of the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District (Corps), seek to recover overtime compensation under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 5544(a) (1976).1

Plaintiffs’ position is that they are entitled to recover overtime compensation because they were required to remain on board the vessel on which they worked, during off-duty hours. Defendant, on the other hand, contends that plaintiffs were not required, within any sense of the applicable law, to remain on board the vessel during…