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Vermont DOC’s 2‑2‑3 Shift Plan Gains New Recruits but Sparks Worker Complaints Over Overtime and Implementation
Summary
The Vermont Department of Corrections defended its adoption of a 2‑2‑3 twelve‑hour schedule as a data‑driven retention tool that has attracted recruits, while union testimony at a Sept. 18 oversight hearing described persistent mandatory overtime, staffing shortfalls and worker distress.
The Joint Legislative Justice Oversight Committee on Sept. 18 heard competing accounts about a statewide move to a 2‑2‑3 schedule of twelve‑hour shifts for correctional officers, a change DOC officials say is stabilizing staffing but that unions and some officers say has been implemented unevenly and has left many staff working lengthy mandatory overtime.
Commissioner Nick Della, who said he became DOC commissioner about three years ago, told the committee the department moved to the 2‑2‑3 rotation after emergency twelve‑hour shifts introduced during Covid‑era staffing shortages proved preferable to staff and lowered required FTEs on continuous posts. “We’ve actually injected close to $30,000,000 in the last 2 and a half years,” Della said, describing investments in pay plans and other retention measures alongside the scheduling change.
Why it matters: DOC officials argued the schedule gives staff more predictable time off and helps recruit…
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