Payroll records reveal nurses' excessive employee attendance
Payroll data compiled by Bloomberg News revealed that 42 of California's state nurses made more than $1 million between 2005 and 2011, largely through overtime employee attendance. The highest earners are those employed at prisons or mental health facilities.
According to the news source, "an array of union-sought laws and regulations keep nurses' pay high in California," including time and attendance legislation that does not set a limit on the amount of voluntary overtime that can be worked. Additionally, the state is required to offer extra hours to state workers before bringing in temporary nurses, even if the latter would be cheaper.
"If a civil servant can do the job, we must hire or use a civil servant and not an outside contract," said Nancy Kinkaid, spokeswoman for the court-appointed receiver put in charge of the state's prison health system, as quoted by the news source.
Consequently, nurses in the Golden State are working excessive hours. Last year, those on the state's payroll received $98.7 million in overtime, an average of $17,692 each.
In October, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that nurses had overtaken police officers and firefighters as the city's highest-paid workers.
According to the news source, "an array of union-sought laws and regulations keep nurses' pay high in California," including time and attendance legislation that does not set a limit on the amount of voluntary overtime that can be worked. Additionally, the state is required to offer extra hours to state workers before bringing in temporary nurses, even if the latter would be cheaper.
"If a civil servant can do the job, we must hire or use a civil servant and not an outside contract," said Nancy Kinkaid, spokeswoman for the court-appointed receiver put in charge of the state's prison health system, as quoted by the news source.
Consequently, nurses in the Golden State are working excessive hours. Last year, those on the state's payroll received $98.7 million in overtime, an average of $17,692 each.
In October, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that nurses had overtaken police officers and firefighters as the city's highest-paid workers.
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