Some agency employees say they were not properly compensated for extra hours worked during the pandemic.
“Is it truly necessary to have multiple supervisors review and sign off on each employee’s overtime hours? Can these forms be issued and approved electronically?” Silverman asked. “These questions are simply a guide, but could help prevent future problems and address any errors that occurred outside the limited frame of this audit.
According to the suit, which was filed in D.C. Superior Court by DCWageLaw attorney Justin Zelikovitz, Chisolm worked 857 hours of overtime in 2020 and 2021 but was paid at his regular rate of $40.84 per hour, rather than the time-and-a-half overtime rate.DOES paid Chisolm back wages for 65 of those hours in October, the complaint says, but Chisolm says the city still owes him for the remaining 792 he worked.
Wright and Innocent were added to the suit last month after they contacted Zelikovitz with similar stories, Zelikovitz said.According to the complaint, Wright was not paid any wages for 40 hours of overtime worked in September and was paid a standard rate for 82 hours of overtime worked in October. Innocent, the suit alleges, worked 60 hours each week between Dec. 1, 2020, and April 20, 2021 — about 420 overtime hours — and was not paid for that extra time.
Separate from Patterson’s audit, the D.C. Office of the Inspector General announced late last month that it would launch its own audit of D.C. agencies’ overtime usage, assessing whether they are adhering to policies and how it has affected city operations.that previewed the Office of the Inspector General’s fiscal 2022 audits noted that before the pandemic, certain agencies, including D.C.