FEMA Staffers Told They Might Be Billed for Working Too Much
- Cap on annual pay expected to mean clawed-back compensation
- Employees may have payroll deduction in 2018 for 2017 pay
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has informed employees who’ve worked extra hours battling a record wave of natural disasters in 2017 that they may have to pay back some of their overtime.
Federal law caps some federal employees’ premium pay and permits agencies to recover money paid in excess of the maximum from future paychecks. FEMA says the extraordinary year of hurricanes, wildfires and other disasters means it may have to take that step.