School district exceeds overtime allowances for bus drivers
Broward County's already-troubled school transportation system recently came under fire, as it was revealed that drivers earned even more overtime pay this year, according to the Sun Sentinel. The Florida school district racked up its biggest overtime bill ever during the last school year - totaling $12 million.
Although the school district reports that it reserves instances in which employees are scheduled more than 40 hours a week to extreme or emergency situations, the total exceeded the county's allowance by $4.5 million, the media outlet explains.
"There should be a starting point and ending point for overtime, not a daily occurrence for the entire year," Patrick Reilly, chief auditor for Broward schools, told the source. "If you have that much overtime, you have to look at whether you need additional people.
When schools are looking for ways to cut back on overtime spending, they should make sure to do so in a way that complies with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Otherwise, they could end up like a bus company in Maryland that agreed to pay bus drivers $1.5 million for overtime pay violations. The company was calculating employee attendance totals based on the tasks hired workers perform, rather than tallying them up together and paying time-and-a-half for totals exceeding 40 hours.
Although the school district reports that it reserves instances in which employees are scheduled more than 40 hours a week to extreme or emergency situations, the total exceeded the county's allowance by $4.5 million, the media outlet explains.
"There should be a starting point and ending point for overtime, not a daily occurrence for the entire year," Patrick Reilly, chief auditor for Broward schools, told the source. "If you have that much overtime, you have to look at whether you need additional people.
When schools are looking for ways to cut back on overtime spending, they should make sure to do so in a way that complies with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Otherwise, they could end up like a bus company in Maryland that agreed to pay bus drivers $1.5 million for overtime pay violations. The company was calculating employee attendance totals based on the tasks hired workers perform, rather than tallying them up together and paying time-and-a-half for totals exceeding 40 hours.
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