DOA Director responds to Customs hazard pay issue
Joe Taitano II
In response to the ongoing dispute over Customs Officers being unable to collect hazardous pay differentials, Department of Administration Director Edward Birn has issued a letter to Sen. Joe S. San Agustin, Chairman of the Committee on General Government Operations.
The letter from Birn specifically addresses Bill 32, put forth by Sen. James Moylan, which sought to put the authority for determining the assignment of hazardous duty within the Customs & Quarantine Agency. Determining hazardous duty is typically the responsibility of the Department of Administration, and the bill was put forth to address an inability for agents to collect on hazardous pay for several years.