Overtime Labor Costs

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Citation: FEMA-1603-DR-LA, St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office, PW# 200, Overtime Labor Costs

Summary:

Beginning August 27, 2005, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office (Applicant) initiated emergency measures to alleviate immediate threats from Hurricane Katrina. Project Worksheet #200 was written for a total of $1,164,035 in overtime labor costs incurred by the Applicant between August 27 and
September 12, 2005. In a subsequent version, FEMA deobligated $266,076 in standby/on-call time and $43,224 in duplicated fringe benefits because the Applicant’s employees were not performing eligible emergency work.

Issues:

Are the Applicant’s standby/on-call costs related to the performance of eligible emergency work?

Findings:

No.

Rationale:

Section 403 of the Robert T. Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. §5170b), 44 CFR §206.225.