MEG FLSA time dispute

A county program manager, speaking on her own time, said she routinely works beyond 40 hours supervising staff and asked the board to reconsider eliminating paid FLSA time.

The assistant district attorney said she carries a full caseload plus administrative duties, works through vacations and trials, and noted other counties compensate professional flexibility without a formal FLSA benefit.

A migrant housing center manager described 13 years of around-the-clock emergency response — including leaving a family wedding during flooding — and warned that removing the FLSA benefit would hurt morale and retention.

A Public Works staff analyst and MEG treasurer said management employees absorb vacant positions and weekend work, and criticized supervisors for staying silent when employees were called 'selfish.'

MEG's president corrected the record on June comments, presenting county data showing MEG members donated roughly $295,000 of uncompensated time last fiscal year, and described his own after-hours emergency responses.