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State on track for another record-breaking year in overtime payments
By democratandchronicle.com- Jon Campbell
Published: 08/28/2014

State agencies are on track to spend a record amount on overtime for the second year in a row, according to a report Tuesday from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office.

The state spent $316 million on overtime costs from January through June, DiNapoli found. The record for a single year is $611 million, set just last year.

Compared to the first six months of 2013, the state spent $22 million more this year.

“This troubling trend could again result in a record-breaking year of overtime hours and overtime pay,” DiNapoli said in a statement. “Our state agencies need to examine their practices, get to the root of what is driving high overtime and better manage these costs.”

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