The state budget director’s decision to restrict overtime for certain employees who worked longer weeks following Hurricane Sandy was not unreasonable under state Civil Service Law, an Appellate Division, Third Department, panel has decided.

The Public Employees Federation union and several employees had challenged the refusal of the Cuomo administration to pay overtime until the workers had put in a 47.5-hour week due to Sandy-related duties. The workers argued in Kent v. Cuomo, 518756, that enhanced pay should begin at 40 hours.

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