Council: Overtime costs still ‘out of control’
Concerned city council members peppered the city’s police and fire chiefs with questions Tuesday about overtime expenses they still believe to be “out of control.”
Road department overtime dominates county budget talk
Expenses for the county road department are shaping up to be major considerations for supervisors as they begin the budgeting process for the approaching fiscal year.
Investigator piles 338 overtime hours in four months
A member of Columbus Police Department’s criminal investigation division has racked up more than 338 hours of overtime in the last four months, some of it as Mayor Robert Smith’s driver.
US businesses cheer overtime court ruling
Businesses around the country on Wednesday cheered a court decision blocking the Obama administration’s sweeping new overtime rules, but many had already raised salaries or ordered employees to stick to a strict 40-hour workweek to avoid costs they expected to incur starting next week.
Federal court blocks plan to extend overtime pay to many
In a blow to the Obama administration’s labor-law plans, a federal court has blocked the start of a rule that would have made an estimated 4 million more American workers eligible for overtime pay heading into the holiday season.
Officials from 21 states sue to block overtime pay expansion
Officials from 21 states sued the U.S. Department of Labor Tuesday over a new rule that would make about 4 million higher-earning workers eligible for overtime pay, slamming the measure as inappropriate federal overreach by the Obama Administration.
New rule extends overtime to millions of workers
More than 4 million U.S. workers will become newly eligible for overtime pay under rules issued Wednesday by the Obama administration.
Auditor seeking $1.3M from ex-Neshoba workers
The state auditor’s office is seeking $1.3 million from three former Neshoba County employees who were fired during an investigation into overtime pay discrepancies.
Tupelo city gov’t reducing its overtime spending
In the past three years, Tupelo city government has significantly cut the amount of money it’s spending on overtime.
Columbus police overtime: A volunteer system, spread thin
Some city employees are making up to $36,000 just in overtime pay, working up to 26 hours per week despite the risk of fatigue, an analysis by The Dispatch shows.
According to public records obtained by The Dispatch, 16 city employees — all but two from the police department — made more than $10,000 just in overtime in 2010 or are projected to make more than that in 2011.