I was under the impression that the Social Security Administration was not authorizing any employee overtime at the moment because the agency was operating under a continuing funding resolution rather than an appropriation. However, I am getting messages telling me that some overtime is being allowed. I hope this is true. Without overtime, Social Security would rapidly approach collapse.
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I work in a field office and there is enough o/t for two employees out of 12 to work five hours each every other week. It is not distributed equitably throughout the agency, and is just a drop-in-the bucket.
Since overtime was performed in the prior FY, there would be no bar to having O/T performed under a CR. But yes, there wouldn't be enough money under a CR (due to the increased cost of other items) for the O/T to continue at the same rate as that prior FY. That's what is being reported to you here; some O/T, but less than before.
I thought overtime was required by the Fair Labor Standards Act as amended and extended to federal employees. Is there something that I am missing
FLSA requires that certain employees are paid OT if they work it, but it does not require that they be allowed to work overtime
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