Certain VA Employees May be Eligible for Back Pay

(National Federation of Federal Employees)

Current and former employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may be eligible for back pay.

Registered Nurses, Nurse Anesthetists, PAs, Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs), Pharmacists, Licensed Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Respiratory Therapists, and over two dozen other specialized health care employees employed by the VA (who work/worked on weekends, or after 6 p.m.) have won an important case challenging the VA’s pay practices reagrding their use of annual leave, sick leave, military training leave, or jury duty leave.

The United States Court of Federal Claims ruled that the VA should have paid these employees the customary weekend premium pay of 25 percent, or night premium pay of 10 percent, whenever they used paid leave instead of working their weekend or evening shifts anytime from September 5, 1995 until now. The case has now reached its final stages after having been litigated for over seven years. 

If you work or worked at the VA anytime from September 5, 1995 until now, and you have regularly worked on Saturday or after 6 p.m., go to www.vabackpay.com to file your claim.

Some may be eligible for up to $10,000 in back pay and interest depending on the number of hours worked regularly on Saturday and evenings, your pay and grade, and the number of hours you took as paid leave that you normally would have worked your regular schedule.

The judge in this case has already decided that the VA violated the law, but he will have to figure out how to compute the back pay and interest owed to each person who files a claim on time.

All claims must be filed by February 9, 2010, but the earlier you file your claim, the earlier you can get your money.  Please share this information with those you think may qualify.

Please view the document below for more detailed information on this case.