This is so, so irritating! The public employees who abuse the system cause the general public to resent public employees in general.  I surely wasn't one who made $60K per year working at a State civil service job.  I left private industry,, took a cut in pay for what I believed would be a more secure job/career), and never regretted it. I support any measure or policy which can be put in place to stop flagrant abuse of overtime!