Overtime scandal: Ringgau employee collects 3500 hours!

Overtime scandal: Ringgau employee collects 3500 hours!

The focus is currently on the Ringgau municipal administration, because one of its senior employees has accumulated over 3,500 overtime over the past five and a half years. This corresponds to impressive one and a half years of additional working hours. In her reports, HNA are.

Mayor Mario Hartmann announced that the community plans to retrospectively reimburse the overtime with an amount in the six -digit range. At the request of the municipal representative Mirco Lorbach, this number had to be revealed, who brought up the situation during a meeting on May 22, 2025. Before that, the municipal board had not been informed about the number of overtime worked.

background of overtime

The employee was hired in autumn 2019 to regulate the financial matters of the community. At that time, the administration was confronted with serious problems: since 2010, annual financial statements have been missing and the accounting was in a desolate condition. In 2024, Rainer Janisch was hired to remedy this, which has successfully completed 14 annual financial statements since then. An ongoing lawsuit against the former mayor Fissmann and his treasurer at the Kassel Administrative Court is also a sign of the continuing difficulties of the local government.

The high number of overtime also raises legal questions. According to the collective agreement for the public service (TVöD), overtime must be paid or compensated for by leisure. The applicable regulations state that overtime does not expire if they are not compensated for within three years. Overtime is only permitted if they have been performed beyond regular working hours at the order of the employer, and there are usually additional surcharges for separate services such as night or holiday work [ Kommunalforum ].

follow for the employee

After the mayor's direct election in February 2025, in which Hartmann was not re -elected, the employee concerned announced her termination. On July 1, 2025, she will start a new job in the neighboring community of Weißenborn. From July to August 2025, however, she will continue to work for the municipality of Ringgau on a mini -job basis. Mayor Hartmann also commented on the situation and explained that he did not arrive overtime while he questioned the figures mentioned and refers to data protection.

summarizing it can be said that the situation around the overtime in Ringgau raises a deep examination of working conditions and remuneration questions. It remains to be seen whether and how these financial burdens will affect the future municipal administration. In any case, it seems to be a new section for the employee, while the municipality has to deal with its existing challenges [ Public Service ].