Evening star., 1937-02-01
OVERTIME REPORT
C|VENTOCONCRESS
Reveals Federal Workers on
PAY Basis Would Have Re-
ceived $10,269,127.

Government employees worked over
time between July and December 81
last for which they would have re-
ceived a minimum of s7.762 1893 20 and
A. maximum of $lO,269, ,127.90 had the
labor been performed on a pay basis.
This was disclosed today in report
TO Congress by the Civil Service Com
mission, which was directed last year
when the leave bills were under con-
sderation to survey the overtime situ-
alton, in view Of the representations
that were made for granting either
compensatory time off or pay for hours
IN excess of the regular working sched-
ules.
The commission report was figured
on two bases, the overtime put in over
and above the customary hours Of
service in the several departments and
Independent establishments, and Dis
trict government, and the amount that
would have accrued had these agencies
been under hours of service standards
that committee named by the COM
mission had held constituted an equit-
able working day.
Hours Ran to 13,775,154.
Using this method of calculation, the
actual overtime amounted to 1858. .698
hours, an average of l 1,768 ,949 hours
monthly. Under the hypothetical"
basis, the hours ran to 13,775,154. The
number of employees covered averaged
76448 monthly.
The commission found that the
largest percentage of the overtime
42.41 per cent-was performed by a
group of employees for whom stand
ard Of hours a day of 80 hours a
week was held proper. These include
Office workers generally; foreign serv-
ice employees; professional, scientific,
technical and subprofessional employees
on Office or laboratory duty; office
messengers and office laborers; admin
istrative and staff employees in penal
and correctional institutions and hos
pitals; bank and other examiners, and
persons employed on investigational
and inspectional service in connection
with enforcement of Federal laws.
Next came a group for whom an
average of hours day or A hours
a week (over three-month perioO
was recommended, and whose over
time amounted to 1852 per cent. In
these are included custodial. main
tenance and guard employees in penal
and correctional institutions, employees
on ships and floating craft, farm
laborers, railroad employees, profess
kional. subprofessional, maintenance
and custodial employees in hospitals
Overtime amounting to 22.07 per
cent was reported by professional,
scientific, technical and subprofes-
sional employees. principally engaged
in outdoor work; cuStodial and main
tenance employees generally; skilled
tradesmen and those employees engaged
in protection of life and property. For
these an eight-hour day and 40 or A
hour week is considered standard.
In many instances these three
groups work according to the sched-
ules that are held proper standards,
but in others the customary working
period Is much higher.
Out of 10 branches canvassed by the
commission, 18, including the District
Of Columbia government, did not ad-
here to the desirable" standard pro-
nulgated by the Committee on Hours
Of Duty and Overtime, composed Of
administrative officers of the Govern
ment. Lack of appropriations, of
course, was responsible for this con-
dition that was foreseen at the time
the report was drafted by the COM
mittee, which was headed by Maj
Daniel j. Donovan, District auditor
Other groups that did not conform
we're State. Treasury, War. Navy, In
--ior, Agriculture, Labor, Farm Credit,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Fed
eral Trade, Government Printing Of
flee, Inland Waterways, International
Boundary Commission for the United
States and Mexico, National Training
School for Boys, Panama Canal,
Smithsonian and Veterans Admins
fration