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| Calif. Prison Officers' Overtime Up in '02 |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 02/11/2003 |
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California prison officers clocked $200 million in overtime pay last year, much of it the cost of replacing officers who called in sick more frequently than in the past. The state's 23,000 prison workers worked 25 percent more overtime hours in 2002 than they did just two years earlier, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. At least 100 officers, lieutenants and sergeants made more than $100,000 each, and one earned $145,000 - more than the salary of the state attorney general. The top pay for a corrections worker is $54,888 but some nearly doubled their pay by working 1,000 hours or more of overtime. One reason, officials said, was a contract reached last year with the prison officers' union that relaxed sick leave rules. Officers called in sick 27 percent more often last year than they did in 2001. Department of Corrections spokesman Russ Heimerich said he doubts sick leave is being abused. However, prison supervisors lost a 'management tool' with the contract, he said, 'and we're just going to have to deal with it.' |
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