NEBRASKA /A.P. NEWS
ATTORNEY GENERAL BACKS STATE AUDITOR ON BRAND INSPECTORS WORK ISSUE
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sep 17, 2007, 12:38

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Cattle inspectors criticized in a state audit for being paid for work they didn't do aren't getting any help from Attorney General Jon Bruning.

In a legal opinion, Bruning backs up reasons that state Auditor Mike Foley cited when he concluded in June that the Nebraska Brand Committee paid inspectors more than $170,000 for more than 10,000 hours of work they never performed.

Brand officials have said that since their inspectors are always on call, they shouldn't be expected to work 40-hour weeks. But Bruning says in the opinion requested by the brand committee that inspectors are required to work 40-hour workweeks under state law and that being on call is not considered labor.


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