The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has reportedly told some employees who pulled in beefier paychecks after working overtime to respond to the series of natural disasters that hit the U.S. earlier this year they may need to return part of their extra pay.
FEMA said the “unprecedented hurricane season” may lead them to fall back on federal law caps that limit some federal employees from earning more than a maximum amount of overtime spelled out in statute. The agency could reach in and retrieve the excess pay from future paychecks, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
“This year’s unprecedented hurricane season led to a record-setting length of national activation,” FEMA said in an emailed statement, according to the report.
“Due to the extended work hours involved in supporting disaster recovery and response efforts for multiple storms, some employees have been affected by the annual maximum earnings limitation.”
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