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The Nova Scotia government spends about $12 million a year on overtime for government employees, according to a presentation at the legislature.
The figures were released as part of a presentation to the Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday morning. Laure Lee Langley, Nova Scotia's public service commissioner, listed the departments that spend the most on overtime.
"The Department of Community Services, the Department of Justice, Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations — which is now the office of Service Nova Scotia and the Department of Municipal Affairs," she said.
"Then I would think the Department of Natural Resources, and fisheries as well. There's conservation work there that's unpredictable."
The department with the most overtime spending in the last fiscal year was the Department of Justice, at $4.5 million.
Langley said overtime costs are consistent year over year. The costs do not include numbers from health workers, only civil servants.
At $26 million per year, Langley said absenteeism costs the government far more than overtime spending.
She said overtime represents about two per cent of what the government pays in salaries. Langley said that's a lower percentage than that of the federal government.
The figures were released as part of a presentation to the Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday morning. Laure Lee Langley, Nova Scotia's public service commissioner, listed the departments that spend the most on overtime.
"The Department of Community Services, the Department of Justice, Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations — which is now the office of Service Nova Scotia and the Department of Municipal Affairs," she said.
"Then I would think the Department of Natural Resources, and fisheries as well. There's conservation work there that's unpredictable."
The department with the most overtime spending in the last fiscal year was the Department of Justice, at $4.5 million.
Langley said overtime costs are consistent year over year. The costs do not include numbers from health workers, only civil servants.
At $26 million per year, Langley said absenteeism costs the government far more than overtime spending.
She said overtime represents about two per cent of what the government pays in salaries. Langley said that's a lower percentage than that of the federal government.
