Missouri Mental Health workers clock enough overtime to drive themselves crazy

The Missouri Department of Mental Health has likely wasted millions of dollars and jeopardized patient care by allowing workers to clock thousands of hours of overtime in recent years, according to a report released this morning by the Missouri State Auditor’s office.

The practice has been especially lucrative for certain employees, who in some cases have made more in overtime than their regular salary by working as much as 60 hours of overtime per week.