Post by Logan on Feb 25, 2016 6:13:55 GMT -6
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority audit shows $330G worker OK’d own OT
The former MBTA worker who racked up more than 2,600 hours of overtime and nearly $330,000 in pay last year regularly approved his own extra time, according to a scathing audit that, despite slamming the abuse, determined there was no “inappropriate conduct” by employees.
A maintenance foreman who led all T employees in OT earned in 2015 — helping inflate his $84,822 base salary to $327,636, according to payroll records — “regularly approved his own overtime reporting form,” something that should have been approved by a supervisor, the audit stated.
At that rate, the worker was putting in an average of 50 hours of overtime every week, assuming he took no vacation last year. That further translates into a roughly 90-hour work week each week for a full year.
Efforts to reach the worker yesterday were not successful. Officials said he retired from the T Jan. 31.
Read more: www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2016/02/t_audit_shows_330g_worker_ok_d_own_ot
The former MBTA worker who racked up more than 2,600 hours of overtime and nearly $330,000 in pay last year regularly approved his own extra time, according to a scathing audit that, despite slamming the abuse, determined there was no “inappropriate conduct” by employees.
A maintenance foreman who led all T employees in OT earned in 2015 — helping inflate his $84,822 base salary to $327,636, according to payroll records — “regularly approved his own overtime reporting form,” something that should have been approved by a supervisor, the audit stated.
At that rate, the worker was putting in an average of 50 hours of overtime every week, assuming he took no vacation last year. That further translates into a roughly 90-hour work week each week for a full year.
Efforts to reach the worker yesterday were not successful. Officials said he retired from the T Jan. 31.
Read more: www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2016/02/t_audit_shows_330g_worker_ok_d_own_ot