New Jersey township reviews time and attendance policies
The chief financial officer of Galloway Township, New Jersey, recently came under fire for accruing overtime hours by working through her lunch break, The Press of Atlantic City reports.
Marilyn Dolcy had 57.5 hours approved as compensatory time off between October 3 and December 16 of last year, prompting council members to review the township's time and attendance policies to determine whether the practice is allowed.
"I'm not aware of any policy that allows for this, and I'm not aware that this is something that has been done in the past," said the township's mayor, Don Purdy, as quoted by the news source. Purdy also said he was working with the deputy mayor to come up with a solution.
Regardless of whether the practice is permissible, the township's code caps the amount of comp time employees can receive annually at 35 hours, which Dolcy has already exceeded.
Compensation for overtime employee attendance was an issue in another New Jersey municipality recently. In December, the state Department of Community Affairs ordered seven senior officials from Paterson to return a total of $50,000 in overtime that they were paid for their response to the flooding caused by Hurricane Irene last August, according to The Record.
Marilyn Dolcy had 57.5 hours approved as compensatory time off between October 3 and December 16 of last year, prompting council members to review the township's time and attendance policies to determine whether the practice is allowed.
"I'm not aware of any policy that allows for this, and I'm not aware that this is something that has been done in the past," said the township's mayor, Don Purdy, as quoted by the news source. Purdy also said he was working with the deputy mayor to come up with a solution.
Regardless of whether the practice is permissible, the township's code caps the amount of comp time employees can receive annually at 35 hours, which Dolcy has already exceeded.
Compensation for overtime employee attendance was an issue in another New Jersey municipality recently. In December, the state Department of Community Affairs ordered seven senior officials from Paterson to return a total of $50,000 in overtime that they were paid for their response to the flooding caused by Hurricane Irene last August, according to The Record.
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