Overtime employee attendance dispute continues in Arizona county
An ongoing dispute related to overtime employee attendance compensation recently garnered a hefty back pay award, but the issue isn't resolved yet, according to the Arizona Republic.
More than 2,000 current and former sheriff's detention officers in Maricopa County, Arizona, received more than $2 million in back pay. However, a group of detention officers who were dissatisfied with how the county was addressing the dispute filed a federal lawsuit over the same claims.
The issue of contention involves the county's practice of requiring detention officers to attend 15-minute briefings before their shifts officially began. The practice began in 2007, when the sheriff's office was looking to cut time and attendance payouts after exceeding its overtime budget for the year. The plaintiffs allege that not paying officers for participating in the compulsory meetings outside of work hours constituted a willful violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The Republic recently conducted an investigation into the county's overtime expenditures, which revealed that its highest-paid employee - an undercover narcotics investigator - earned more than $61,000 for 1,107 hours of additional work.
More than 2,000 current and former sheriff's detention officers in Maricopa County, Arizona, received more than $2 million in back pay. However, a group of detention officers who were dissatisfied with how the county was addressing the dispute filed a federal lawsuit over the same claims.
The issue of contention involves the county's practice of requiring detention officers to attend 15-minute briefings before their shifts officially began. The practice began in 2007, when the sheriff's office was looking to cut time and attendance payouts after exceeding its overtime budget for the year. The plaintiffs allege that not paying officers for participating in the compulsory meetings outside of work hours constituted a willful violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The Republic recently conducted an investigation into the county's overtime expenditures, which revealed that its highest-paid employee - an undercover narcotics investigator - earned more than $61,000 for 1,107 hours of additional work.
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