Ohio transportation workers paid $4.6M in overtime

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The season’s severe weather has
resulted in overtime totaling more than $4.6 million for state
transportation workers.
A Columbus Dispatch computer analysis (http://bit.ly/1gzL150 ) of state payroll data
released Friday found that overtime at the Ohio
Department of Transportation accounted for most of a 6-percent jump in
overtime payments at all state agencies except universities last year.
Payments were up more than 50 percent over 2012.
Spokesman Steve
Faulkner said the extra hours were primarily for highway crews tackling
harsh weather that began in mid-October. He said crews often worked
12-hour shifts.
Other notable overtime increases occurred at the
Department of Developmental Disabilities and at Attorney General Mike
DeWine’s office.
In all, the state payroll decreased by about 1 percent last year, after a nearly 3 percent drop in 2012.

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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The season’s severe weather has
resulted in overtime totaling more than $4.6 million for state
transportation workers.
A Columbus Dispatch computer analysis (http://bit.ly/1gzL150 ) of state payroll data
released Friday found that overtime at the Ohio
Department of Transportation accounted for most of a 6-percent jump in
overtime payments at all state agencies except universities last year.
Payments were up more than 50 percent over 2012.
Spokesman Steve
Faulkner said the extra hours were primarily for highway crews tackling
harsh weather that began in mid-October. He said crews often worked
12-hour shifts.
Other notable overtime increases occurred at the
Department of Developmental Disabilities and at Attorney General Mike
DeWine’s office.
In all, the state payroll decreased by about 1 percent last year, after a nearly 3 percent drop in 2012.

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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.

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