CTA employee overtime costs under scrutiny

Several Pittsburgh departments have already used more than half their 2025 overtime budgets, report shows

Multiple city departments have used more than half of the allocated budget for overtime pay in the first fiscal quarter of the year, a report from the...

CTA employee overtime costs under scrutiny

Our analysis found 100 full-time employees made twice their annual salary in overtime in a single year, including a supervisor that made more than $233,000 in overtime on top of a base salary of $95,000.

CTA employee overtime costs under scrutiny – ABC7 (Chicago)

Records show overtime costs have increased nearly 40 percent since 2019, from $86 million in 2019 to nearly $120 million in 2024. One hundred full-time employees made twice their annual salary in overtime in a single year, including a supervisor that made more than $233,000 in overtime on top of a base salary of $95,000.

LASD spent $458 million on overtime last fiscal year due to expanding responsibilities, staffing crisis

More than 1,400 of the agency’s 10,000 jobs sat empty, and more than 900 were held by people out on leave; last year, deputies worked more than 4.3 million hours of overtime

LA County Sheriff’s Department spent $458 million in overtime last fiscal year. Here’s why

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spent $458 million on overtime during the last fiscal year, a ballooning figure that department officials say is driven by rising vacancy rates, increasing labor costs and expanding responsibilities.

L.A. County Sheriff Overtime Skyrockets With Staffing Shortages

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spent $458 million on overtime during the last fiscal year, a ballooning figure that department officials say is driven by rising vacancy rates, increasing labor costs and expanding responsibilities. County data show that the number of new deputies hired each year plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic and has not fully recovered. At the same time, the number of deputies leaving the department rose, re…