{"id":35713,"date":"2013-05-18T16:18:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T20:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35713"},"modified":"2013-05-18T16:18:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T20:18:51","slug":"va-employees-overtime-wont-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35713","title":{"rendered":"VA employees: Overtime won’t work"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Stars & Stripes<\/a> reports that which we already know – the plan to force them to work overtime won’t clear the back log. <\/p>\n

Members of VBA Truth — a group of anonymous claims workers with the stated goal of \u201craising awareness about what\u2019s really going on in this dysfunctional agency\u201d — said the overtime requirement announced this week shows that VA leaders don\u2019t have a well-reasoned plan to end the backlog, and the problem isn\u2019t just simply underperforming processors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been forced to work mandatory overtime the last two years, and yet the backlog remains,\u201d said one VBA employee, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of firing. \u201cIt burns employees out and creates a feeling of resentment to the agency.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As I mentioned earlier in the week, if the VA is like other government agencies, there is no overtime pay. An employee gets credit time which means that you get an equal amount of time off for the time you worked which creates a vicious cycle when the VA is trying to overcome a growing problem.<\/p>\n

Department leaders said the required overtime, amounting to 11 or 12 days for claims employees, would have a \u201cmeasurable impact\u201d on reaching the department\u2019s goal of eliminating the backlog in 2015.<\/p>\n

VBA Truth members disputed that. They said similar overtime mandates, in spring 2012 and summer 2011, produced no real progress on the backlog.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve heard similar complaints in my emails from those of you who work at the VA – that the problem is systemic and that the agency is flawed to it’s roots. But trying to change the way a government agency works takes leadership, and there is none at the VA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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