Scheduling/planning tech, which most people think of as slow and complex software, is strategic to the future of public transportation.
The agency’s overtime bill is reportedly $82 million more than the MTA expected to bring in from its latest fare hike.
Altogether, the two supervisors allegedly billed the rail agency for 900 overtime hours they didn't work, totaling about $91,000.
The transportation agency paid $2.9 million less in 2012 than it did in 2011 to employees cashing out their unused sick and vacation time. It also paid $4.1 million less in overtime from the previous year.
Supervisors for the signal-construction unit, which worked on Metro-North's Hudson and Harlem lines, assigned employees to nighttime duty even though they had day shifts, according to the report. The switch triggered a federal requirement that the workers rest while earning full pay during their regular shift the next day.
At this pace, overtime costs could hit $84 million for the year, far exceeding the $75 million it spent last year.
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