The MBTA has logged $69.30 million in extra time this yr with months nonetheless left to go.
A Herald evaluation of the added hours reveals 11 staff — together with Transit Police officers — already eclipsing $100,000-plus in OT, state Comptroller data present.
Another 160 extra T staff have punched in for at the very least $50,000 in added pay to date this yr.
The Herald has requested a sit-down interview with MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng to ask how transit staff can work such daunting hours and nonetheless carry out at most effectivity. Or, if there are different components permitting them to rack up such hefty bonus pay yr after yr.
The Comptruller’s CTHRU payroll-tracking web site reveals the MBTA is by far the tops in extra time this yr, with the State Police coming in second at $46.02 million in OT hours.
The state Department of Correction is at $40.83 million as that company struggles once more with capping added hours.
MassDOT, DMH, DDS, DCF, and the Suffolk Sheriff’s Department fall in behind with all of them above $13 million in extra time to date this yr.
T staff clocked in with $99.07 million in OT final yr and $85.29 million the yr earlier than, Comptroller data present.
The 2020 pandemic yr noticed extra time slip to $81.37 million after hitting $96.17 million in 2019, data present.
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