OVERTIME AND COMPENSATORY TIME

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the overtime costs for the department. • The Prison AFSCME Correction Officer collective bargaining agreement, Article 37, does address shift switching. Per the agreement, shift switching requests are to be denied if switching results in additional overtime. Our testing revealed that there was a great deal of overtime on the weekends at a time when the Prison is at minimum staffing. This is typically the time that shift switching will occur per management at the Prison. Employees are not allowed to request time off on the weekends. Therefore, the only way to get a weekend off is to switch with another employee. Shift switching was not part of the scope of this audit. As such, adherence to the policy above was not tested. However, the fact that there is a high volume of overtime on the weekends and switching is allowed and has been shown in other departments to contribute to overtime costs, it would benefit the County to do further analysis at the Prison. MANAGEMENT COMMENTS: Connie Sutton-Falk, Director, Human Resources With regard to “County practices found to boost overtime”: 1. It should be noted that County policy does not provide for overtime after 8 hours per day but rather after 40 hours per week. The precedent for 8 hours per day was set by prior union contracts and/or recent arbitration awards. I’ve already taken steps to negotiate this out of the union contracts whenever the opportunity arises. 2. I agree. While this is the sole responsibility of the supervisor, I have advocated for payment of overtime rather than accrual of Comp. Time with the potentials mentioned above. 3. This Administration took all steps available to us to prevent these added costs. Unfortunately, the arbitrator ruled against the County without regard to the costs it would create. 4. I agree. With regard to “Shift Switching”: The supervisors need to monitor the shift switching to ensure it doesn’t create more overtime. The Prison union contract specifically states that shift switching will be denied if it creates overtime so it’s not a collective bargaining issue. I also feel the Prison union contract that restricts the full use and training all Corrections Officers by the “preferred positions” adds to the overtime costs. I am currently attempting to negotiate the “preferred positions” out of the collective bargaining agreement. Once again, I also believe that the use of trained part time employees would lessen the overtime burden. I cannot comment on the Juvenile Center’s shift switching issue since I have no knowledge of it and there is nothing in writing. 19
Prison Employee – 2008 Attachment 1 Corrections Officer (Correction Officers CBA, Base pay at Step 11 = $46,723) Actual Employee Wages (includes overtime) $ 130,764.56 Less: Retro Pay 13,287.56 No Sick Stipend 500.00 Adjusted Employee Wages (includes overtime) $ 116,977.00 Current Employee Wages, Benefits and Overtime: Hours Wages Benefits Total Regular Wages 2,104 51,116.33 18,876.03 69,992.36 Overtime Wages 1,953 __65,860.67 __6,507.10 __72,367.77 Totals 4,057 $ 116,977.00 $ 25,383.13 $ 142,360.13 Calculated Benefits on Regular Wages: Insurances & Retirement 13,105.00 Social Security and Medicare taxes 3,910.40 Workers Compensation Insurance __1,860.63 Total Benefits on Regular Wages $ 18,876.03 Calculated Benefits on Overtime Wages: Social Security and Medicare taxes 4,109.77 Workers Compensation Insurance _2,397.33 Total Benefits on Overtime Wages $ 6,507.10 Cost of New Hire: New Hire Wages – 2008 pay scale, PR 1, Step 1 29,349.00 Benefits _16,419.00 Total New Hire Wages and Benefits $ 45,768.00 Current Employee with Overtime vs. Current Employee plus New Hire Current Employee Wages, Benefits and Overtime Current Employee Regular Wages and Benefits 69,992.36 New Hire Wages and Benefits 45,768.00 Total Cost for Current Employee and New Hire _142,360.13 _115,760.36 SAVINGS WITH HIRING NEW EMPLOYEE $ 26,599.77 20
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Page 5 and 6: INTRODUCTION The country is current
Page 7 and 8: AUDIT RESULTS Section A - Reporting
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