Jefferson Parish paid 307 employees almost $1 million for no work, inspector general says

Robert Armand Jr. works as a Jefferson Parish government maintenance supervisor, helping ensure drinking water for Grand Isle. His base pay in 2017 was $54,829.

But Armand actually made more than twice as much that year: $114,334. That’s because Parish President Mike Yenni’s administration also paid him overtime, “stand-by” time and other forms of premium pay, even though he’s a salaried employee who is expected to “work whatever hours are required” for the job.

He’s hardly alone. Inspector General David McClintock said in a new audit report Tuesday (April 2) that parish government spent more than $35 million over a four-year period on overtime, call-outs, compensatory time and stand-by time for salaried and hourly employees.

It’s the third time in five years that the inspector general’s office has dinged the Yenni administration and the previous John Young administration on the same subject. In 2018, the report says, the Yenni administration paid 307 employees a total of $980,540 to be available during off hours in case they were needed, yet not one of them was summoned to work, the new report says.

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