Opinion ID: 493391
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Attorney Fees Under the Back Pay Act.

Text: 11 The Back Pay Act, 8 as amended by section 702 of the CSRA to provide for the recovery of attorney fees, includes the following provision allowing recovery of attorney fees, but not other expenses, by an agency employee in certain circumstances: 12 (b)(1) An employee of an agency who, on the basis of a timely appeal or an administrative determination (including a decision relating to an unfair labor practice or a grievance) is found by appropriate authority under applicable law, rule, regulation, or collective bargaining agreement, to have been affected by an unjustified or unwarranted personnel action which has resulted in the withdrawal or reduction of all or part of the pay, allowances, or differentials of the employee-- 13 (A) is entitled, on correction of the personnel action, to receive for the period for which the personnel action was in effect-- 14