Cass Ballenger: “I would like to say that let me first of all say taking comp time does not affect your pension. Now let me say we had…”

“I would like to say that let me first of all say taking comp time does not affect your pension. Now let me say we had several employees that testified before our committee, and I would like for people to hear what they said. This is from Christine Korzendorfer: Overtime pay is important to me; however, the time with my family is more important. If I had a choice, there are times that I would prefer to take comp time in lieu of overtime. What makes the idea appealing is that I would have the choice with the legislation you're considering. Knowing that I could have a choice in how to use my overtime would allow me to better combine my work and my family obligations. This is Peter Faust from Iowa: Time is precious and fleeting. There are always lots of ways to make money in this country and lots of ways to spend it, but there is only one way to spend time with yourself, family or friends; and that's to have time to spend. When I look back on my life, my regret will be and already is that on occasions when I needed to be there for my family or they asked me to be part of their life I couldn't be there because I either didn't have the time saved up or I couldn't afford the time off without pay. Pass this bill into law.”