‘£28k paid to council worker in overtime’

MORE than £28,000 was paid in overtime to a single council worker, a report has revealed.

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At a meeting of Powys County Council’s governance and audit committee, members received an internal audit report from SWAP (South West Audit Partnership) who conducted a review into overtime payments made by the council spanning a 15-month period.

During that time £2.84 million had been spent on overtime and of this sum, £2.24 million was attributed to the 2023/2024 financial year.

This is around 1 per cent of the council's wages bill.

Further breakdown in the report by SWAP revealed that five employees had received more than £20,000 in overtime payments, 39 between £10,000 and £20,000 and 92 had received between £5,000 and £10,000.