Montgomery County asked to get leave and overtime under control
Recent investigations by the Montgomery County Council in Maryland discovered that employees have been abusing overtime and sick leave privileges. As reported by the Washington Post, poor employee tracking and unregulated policies have cost the county tens of millions in extra pay.
One of the primary issues is that employees who are denied leave will still call in sick anyway. In addition, many workers will abuse sick days and overtime before and after holidays and weekends.
The county's research also determined that over 500 police and fire employees have received overtime pay when they actually worked less hours than usual, as reported by the Post. These two departments' overtime amounted to about 379,000 hours in 18 months, according to the Washington Examiner.
Montgomery council officials told County Executive Ike Leggett - who is getting the flack for these oversights - to tighten up his employee policies as well as make them more uniform in order to solve the issues.
Montgomery Councilman Phil Andrews points to lax employee tracking as the cause of the issue.
"The amount of time employees are available for work is essential to the efficiency of the county," he told the Examiner. "We want to ensure taxpayers get value for their dollars."
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