South Tahoe defines ‘admin time’
To the publisher,
Both private and public sector employers commonly grant Administrative Time annually to their managers, supervisors and professional level employees, who are exempt from overtime pay.
These employees often work more than 40 hours per week and this paid time off is intended to offset additional hours worked, but it does not constitute additional pay [like overtime].
We don’t budget for administrative time in the budget because it is not a monetary item. Employees’ total annual salaries are budgeted which would include any administrative time taken throughout the year. Staff are granted administrative leave on a calendar year basis, and the number of hours are determined by their department head or manager. There is no “cash value” to administrative time.
It is “use it or lose it” at the end of the calendar year, and cannot be carried over or cashed out upon separation from employment. The city of South Lake Tahoe currently has 39 exempt employees who are eligible to receive administrative time annually.
Christine Vuletich, South Lake Tahoe director of finance
These employees often work more than 40 hours. . .
Well, they frequently work less also. And they get a lot more freedom than the regular hourlies get. Anybody who runs their own business would LOVE to just work a 40 hour work week. I don’t feel any sympthy for these folks.
c. vuletich does not mention if these hours can be transfered to others? She also should address the issue of unfunded liabilites, like sick leave, vacation time, comp. time which could affect the hours of other workers, and the transfer of these perks. How many holidays 14? sick days 12 or more? comp. hours, vacation pay, not paid but transfered, where are these liabilites listed in the budget, so they are in compliance with the law via Sarbanes Oxley? These cost could be as high as 150,000.00 per the 39 employees. Please reply, which I don’t expect. Against the BID lou
If the city has only 200+ employees and 39 receive this administrative pay….It sounds a bit “top heavy”. This might be a good place to start saving money instead of cutting back on needed services and employees.
Just so it’s understood why all this matters-Our City Gvt. knows that contrary to its public proclamations, it’s in deep financial straits. Jinkens was babbling nonsense when he would kiss up to the Council and compliment them on their “prudent fiscal management”.
So just like how the City of Bell was caught shaking down its businesses asking them to prepay, or guarantee, sales tax revenue in advance to cover its absurd pay scale, our City has been going to hotel/motels demanding they pay a TOT
deposit! Even to hotel/motels with a perfect payment record!
In order to come up with the money, some hotel/motels have had to lay off staff! Further weakening the local economy and added to our absurdly high unemployment rate!