NYS Comptroller: Total cost of overtime at state agencies reached all-time high in 2020
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ALBANY, N.Y. (WKBW) â According to a report released by the Office of the New York State Comptroller Tuesday, the total cost of overtime at state agencies reached an all-time high in 2020.
Officials say more than $850 million was paid out in overtime at state agencies covering about 19.1 million overtime hours worked. From 2019, total overtime earnings increased 5.5% and total overtime hours increased 3.9%. Overtime earnings made up 4.8% of total payroll spending in 2020.
âState agency overtime reached a record level last year,â New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said. âThe COVID-19 pandemic required state workers across New York to work long, grueling hours to deal with a crisis never before seen during our lifetime. The pandemic touched nearly every aspect of our lives and the men and women in public employ
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