Overtime pay does not mean extra hours worked
Many people incorrectly assume that overtime pay reflects extra hours worked, thus leading to the false conclusion that “paying…
LA Times misleads on upcoming tax hike
The Los Angeles County Fire Department will ask voters to approve a property tax hike in March. The department…
Oakland’s soaring OT mostly due to deficient management, new audit confirms
The Oakland City Auditor just released a report analyzing the use of overtime pay in the city’s police department….
Riverside utilities dispatcher triples salary to nearly $400,000 with state’s 10th largest overtime payout
Riverside utilities electric power system dispatcher Donald Dahle was the city’s top earner last year, thanks to a $257,719…
LA firefighter trio earns nearly $1 million in OT pay (again)
Three Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) employees earned a combined $1.36 million last year — $974,779 of which came…
$299,000 overtime payout boosted Oakland city engineer’s total compensation to nearly $500,000
Oakland civil engineer Kenny Lau’s $484,175 pay and benefits package was the largest of any Oakland worker last year,…
Oakland police officer’s $490,000 pay package tops city list for 3rd year in a row
Oakland police officer Malcolm Miller more than quadrupled his $107,627 salary to $489,662 with overtime, benefits and other specialty pays…
Los Angeles firefighter boosts $87,000 salary to over $400,000 via ‘dangerous’ levels of OT, other pay
Soaring overtime pay allowed Los Angeles firefighter Donn Thompson to pocket $404,308 last year — more than quadruple his base…
Monterey Hearld: Monterey Fire Department earns $1.5 million in overtime in 2013
Two Monterey firefighters earned more than $100,000 each in overtime in 2013, and the department as a whole dominated…