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New: Employee with poor attendance record gets huge raise last March and tons of overtime at taxpayers' expense. Why are the taxpayers paying the Office Asst. ("OA") overtime every week for the last 1.5 years, when the first 40 hours of regular time wasn't actually worked? Click on the "Bb)Office Asst. Overtime" tab on the left for the details. He is using his sick and v/c time to obtain overtime on the weekends. Most companies have policies against this, as it is a waste of money. Per Dept. of Labor standards, employees must only be paid overtime if the first 40 hours were actually worked.
Also, this OA received the highest raise possible of 5% in March 2009 (after Messmer's 7%), while others received 3%, 4%, or none. However, this OA has a poor attendance record and has claimed vacation or sick time each and every payperiod over the last 1.5 years. His timesheets indicate that he takes an hour here, two hours there, etc. whenever he wants. Even with this poor attendance record and all the overtime, he still received the 5% raise. How is that fair to the employees who abide by the rules? Overtime is requred to be approved in advance per the employee handbook, and also employees put on their timesheets the time work begins and ends. However, this employee's overtime is never approved in advance, and he merely writes the number of hours worked on his timesheet, not the actual times. Interestingly, his supervisor, Township Administrator Gail Messmer, keeps NO records regarding the work he is doing, what hours he is doing it, and where. She also gave him nearly a perfect evaluation for all aspects of his job, including attendance. Interesting. Would this work in the "real world?"
(source: township records and employee handbook)
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