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Dozens of state employees urge Appropriations Committee to reject Senate Bill 24, which would exclude overtime from pension calculations
Summary
Correction officers, nurses, union leaders and other state employees testified at length against SB 24, saying most overtime is mandated to cover chronic understaffing and that removing overtime from pension calculations would break promised retirement commitments and worsen recruitment and retention.
Dozens of current and former state employees and union representatives told the Appropriations Committee on April 3 that Senate Bill 24, which would prevent overtime payments from being included when computing retirement benefits, would harm recruitment, retention and public safety.
Speakers described repeated, mandated overtime driven by chronic understaffing in corrections, state hospitals and other public agencies. ‘‘When a correctional officer is ordered into an extra shift, they do not have the choice to comply,’’ Robert Beaman, president of Connecticut State Prison Employees Union Local 391, said. ‘‘The state is mandating additional labor while simultaneously proposing to…
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