Letter: Salaries would stop abuse of overtime

The Las Vegas Sun's Feb. 21 story, "More than enough - local governments to take a look at overtime pay," was very interesting. It seems that a medical services supervisor earned $232,791 with the help of 2,400 hours of overtime.

Let me see how that adds up. Most employees work 40 hours a week and, excluding vacation, 50 weeks a year. Gee, that's 2,000 hours for a full-time employee. It seems like 30-year veteran Carl Nelson must be living at work. That is over 16 hours a day for 50 weeks. I guess no one else can do that job.

Also, he is a supervisor. If the job was in the private sector, he would be salaried. I suggest the county make the job a salaried position. Once that happens, I wonder how many hours Mr. Nelson will need to do the job in the future.

Clifford Licko, Henderson

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