New Jersey pays heavy price in overtime salaries
Thanks to a reduction in the number of state workers over the past decade, overtime payouts have increased. This has allowed a lieutenant in the juvenile corrections system to become the ninth-highest-paid employee in all of New Jersey's state government, the Newark Star-Ledger reports.
William P. Whartenby's base salary of just over $105,000 put him at 3,664th in the state's salary ranking, but his income was dramatically raised by overtime pay that almost doubled the amount he earned. Additionally, he received a $6,222 clothing stipend and almost $18,000 in retroactive pay. Whartenby's total earnings put him ahead of all of the state's lawyers and the majority of its doctors, as well as New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, according to the news source.
Recent records analysis by the Star-Ledger found that New Jersey paid out more than $227 million in overtime in 2010, which equates to 4.46 percent of the state's payroll.
In order to combat rising overtime costs, the New York judicial system recently adjusted courtroom hours to allow them to be shut down 30 minutes earlier, according to The New York Times.
William P. Whartenby's base salary of just over $105,000 put him at 3,664th in the state's salary ranking, but his income was dramatically raised by overtime pay that almost doubled the amount he earned. Additionally, he received a $6,222 clothing stipend and almost $18,000 in retroactive pay. Whartenby's total earnings put him ahead of all of the state's lawyers and the majority of its doctors, as well as New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, according to the news source.
Recent records analysis by the Star-Ledger found that New Jersey paid out more than $227 million in overtime in 2010, which equates to 4.46 percent of the state's payroll.
In order to combat rising overtime costs, the New York judicial system recently adjusted courtroom hours to allow them to be shut down 30 minutes earlier, according to The New York Times.
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