Opinion ID: 2623203
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Heading: The period from January 1994 to May 1995

Text: Providence presented evidence that Hutka worked an average of 2.71 hours of overtime per week during the period from January 1994 to May 1995. Providence obtained this measurement by extrapolating from a statement Hutka made in her written complaint to the Department of Labor. On March 29, 1994, Hutka reported the following information to the Department of Labor: [24] I had some overtime from 7/11/92 until 12/26/92 but no work records were kept. I began keeping track of how much time I actually worked in pay period 1 of 1993 (12/27/92 began p.p.) through the end of 12/93. I was told I could balance out the extra hours in a week by leaving early on days since the start of 1994. I do not need to collect any wages from 1/94 to the present, I have tried to work only 40 hours each week, and just record any overtime. Providence directed the trial court's attention to Hutka's statements that she did not need to collect any wages from 1/94 to the present (March 29, 1994) because she tried to work only forty hours and just record any overtime. Based upon Hutka's indication that she accurately recorded her overtime in 1994, Providence's program director, Kathy Lum, added the total number of recorded overtime hours on Hutka's time cards from 12/26/93 to 5/20/95, divided by the number of work weeks, and used this derived figure of 2.71 hours as the average estimate of Hutka's weekly overtime. [25] Because Hutka's testimony that she tried to work only 40 hours each week and just record any overtime could be viewed as a concession of the accuracy of her time records kept after January 1994, it is arguable that the evidence of recorded overtime presented by Providence provided a precise calculation of Hutka's overtime during this period. And even if these calculations are not precise, the trial court's implicit finding that Providence negated the reasonableness of Hutka's inference of 11.16 hours is supported by the record. As the superior court concluded, Ms. Hutka told the Department of Labor her time cards were accurate, at least after a certain point and then testified differently at trial. We therefore determine that Providence satisfied its burden as to the period from January 1994 to May 1995 by presenting evidence that Hutka's time records were accurate, and we cannot conclude that the superior court's finding of a weekly average of 2.71 hours of overtime was erroneous when applied to this period.