City Spends $47 Million in Overtime in First Quarter

 Seven Key Departments Responsible for 90 Percent of Spending

November 6, 2017— PICA’s Quarterly Overtime Update for the first quarter of FY2018 showed City of Philadelphia overtime costs totaled $47 million, or 34.7 percent of the City’s annual overtime allocation—with three quarters still remaining in the fiscal year. Despite reducing first quarter overtime costs over the prior fiscal year, City officials should continue to closely monitor and manage overtime over the remainder of this fiscal year to ensure departments stay within their annual overtime allocations.

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