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Committee advances overtime-cap ordinance aimed at limiting extreme individual accruals and improving reporting
Summary
The committee advanced an ordinance to cap overtime accruals and impose reporting and oversight measures, replacing an unworkable 16% threshold with a proposed 30% target and adding monthly reporting and departmental compliance tools; staff said the measure balances safety, fairness and fiscal control.
The Budget & Finance Committee advanced an administrative-code amendment to limit overtime hours and expand reporting and oversight. The sponsor described the measure as intended to reduce extreme individual overtime accruals, improve fairness in overtime distribution and address fatigue and safety concerns. The ordinance would limit overtime in any fiscal year and cap overtime to no more than 80 hours in a regular work week except for approved emergency or critical service needs.
Mickey Callahan of the Department of Human Resources…
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