Back Pay Can Include Overtime

In 2020, the North Carolina De­partment of Public Safety terminated Christopher Stockli’s employment at the Pasquotank Correctional Institu­tion. Stockli challenged his termination through a contested case in North Caro­lina’s Office of Administrative Hearings. An administrative law judge entered a final decision reinstating Stockli and awarding him back pay. That back pay award included his salary…