Overtime
February 2, 2011
Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Lawsuit Seeking Unpaid Overtime Wages for Uncompensated Pre-and Post-Work Activities “Certified” As a Class Action for Approximately 30,000 Unit 6 Employees and Supervisors
May 3, 2009
Spending in Correctional Officer Overtime
The Governor's budget provides a $35.7 million General Fund augmentation to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to pay for overtime costs for custody staff. The CDCR argues that its base overtime budget - which it identifi es to be $104.3 million—has not been adjusted since 2000-01, despite a 34 percent base salary increase provided to correctional officer staff over that period. The $104.3 million overtime budget identifi ed by CDCR does not include about $49 million in additional overtime funding provided since 2004-05 for various activities, such as medical guarding...
June 30, 2008
Some state workers rake in 6-figure OT checks
A nurse at a state prison in Monterey County collected $198,000 in overtime last year - bringing her total pay to more than $310,000.
The chief investment officer for the state's pension system earned $403,000 in bonuses - for a total paycheck of $945,000.
And a deputy chief for the California Highway Patrol collected a lump-sum payout of $103,000, even though she retired almost two years ago and didn't collect a cent of regular pay last year, according to a Chronicle analysis of state workers' pay…
LINK - SFGate.com (The San Francisco Gate)
June 16, 2008
Overtime policies push 100 sheriff’s officers over $150,000
Over the past decade, Orange County officials transformed the post of sheriff's deputy into a six-figure job based on the belief that overtime was cheaper than hiring new officers. The department's reliance on overtime enabled most of its sworn officers to earn more than $100,000 in 2007. More than 100 earned over $150,000.
That cost $41.7 million in overtime, on top of the $318 million the county spent on deputy salaries, health insurance and retirement benefits. The overall budget and salaries have doubled since 1997, but overtime expenditures have tripled.
Acting Sheriff Jack Anderson defended the spending, saying overtime is 9 percent cheaper than hiring additional deputies and paying their salary and retirement. The department says overtime saved it $9.7 million last year…
LINK - OCRegister.com (The Orange County Register)
January 12, 2008
Drastic Budget Cuts Headed for California
The California Correctional Peace Officers Association spokesman Ryan Sherman said the prison system can't afford job cuts, in fact he said they need more officers. "Our correctional officers being are required to work over time three to four times a week, we are dangerously under staffed," said Sherman…
LINK - KCRA.com
