overtime costs

Connecticut lawmakers will consider legislation to eliminate mandatory overtime for hospital nurses. It’s in response to union worker concerns about staffing shortages at hospitals.

New York's labor commissioner on Friday approved a recommendation to phase in a 40-hour threshold for farmworker overtime over the next decade.

A report just released found that Connecticut spent $206 million on state employee overtime through the third quarter of this fiscal year. That’s 11% more than it spent over the same period last year.

The Stamford Board of Finance voted 5-1 Tuesday night to approve an 11th-hour appropriation for $2.1M for a projected shortfall in several departments…