Jeff Carnes runs a blog titled “Caveat Lectores“. His blog states: “Caveat Lectores is the name of an opinion letter published by Lectores Labor Consulting and me when my mood motivates me to type out a Rant. My rants allow my blood pressure to subside.”
I have enjoyed reading his blog. He writes about law that relates to Public Safety and he is/was a firefighter (Captain) in Florida.
He writes an interesting post (here) relating to overtime in the Fire Service. I could not have said it any better when he explains what overtime is and why it is occuring in the fire service. While firefighters are ridiculed across the nation for soaking up overtime pay, we have become victims of shortcuts by fire departments.
He writes:
The only reason for overtime at all is because the employer does not hire enough employees to provide the needed service. Follow closely here, but this is not rocket science. The lack of manpower forces the employer to require somebody to come to work on their regular day off. When public employers chronically under staff, the employees work a lot of overtime.
Read the entire post here and enjoy the videos at the bottom of the post. He has plenty of other information available for you to read too!
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