Scandal in Ringgau: 3,500 overtime overtime of an employee revealed!

Scandal in Ringgau: 3,500 overtime overtime of an employee revealed!

An unusual situation is currently causing excitement in the Hessian community of Ringgau: A senior employee of the municipal administration has accumulated about 3,500 overtime over the past five years. This corresponds to additional work for around a year and a half, which she did on working days as well as on weekends and public holidays. This became public for the first time during a meeting on May 22, 2025 after the municipal representative Mirco Lorbach asked demand. Mayor Mario Hartmann confirmed that the remuneration of these hours should be covered retrospectively from the household in 2025 and described the sum as "high". The exact amount should be in the six -digit range, which is considered considerable for many when it comes to an authority.

The background of overtime

The employee was hired in autumn 2019 to get the chaotic financial matters of the community under control. At this point, Ringgau had to deal with significant problems, including the lack of annual financial statements since 2010. This explains why the employee was able to play so many overtime. In 2024, Rainer Janisch was also hired on a fee basis to organize accounting; To date, however, only 14 of the required annual financial statements have been completed. The municipality also sees itself in a legal examination with the former mayor Fissmann and his treasurer, who is pending at the Kassel Administrative Court

dispute over overtime

But the situation is not without controversy. Mayor Hartmann has cautiously commented and denied it in terms of the accumulated hours. He relies on data protection guidelines and points out that the numbers do not meet reality. In addition, before the meeting in May, the municipal board knew nothing about the scope of the overtime worked. According to the collective agreement for the public service, overtime must either be remunerated or compensated for by free time. Overtime expires after three years, which could still be in the discussion here, ask whether the employee has worked too much.

The working time regulations are clear: employees are not allowed to work more than ten hours a day, and overtime must be remunerated within a certain framework, which is also part of the current discourse. These regulations make it clear how confusing matter in this situation.

The termination and other plans

After the mayor's direct election in February 2025, in which Hartmann could not achieve his re -election, the employee terminated her job. It begins a new employment relationship in the neighboring community of Weißenborn on July 1, 2025, but will continue to work for the municipality of Ringgau in a mini job position by the end of August 2025. The course of this situation will remain exciting, especially against the background of how the financial interests of the community will develop. The municipal board could soon be faced with further challenges, while the employee is heading for her new phase of life.

This matter once again shows that everything has to be well organized in the administration - otherwise a financial storm can quickly raise. It remains to be seen whether the fall of Hartmann will have an impact on clarifying the matter. In any case, the community will be about learning from this situation and avoiding future mistakes to increase transparency in financial matters.