QUESTION
Will the number of per diem hearing officers increase this year?
2:49:52
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The Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) explains that the number of per diem hearing officers varies, with around 180-200 actively taking work each year, and this is manageable within the current budget.
- The roster includes 343 per diem hearing officers, but not all of them pick up work regularly.
- In the past 7 months, approximately 180 per session hearing officers have picked up work.
- On a typical day, 50 to 70 per diem hearing officers may be working.
- The number of per diem officers actively working fluctuates between 180-200 each year.
- The current budget can accommodate this fluctuation.
Lincoln Restler
2:49:52
So last year you used 343 per diem hearing officers.
2:49:55
Do you expect to use more this year?
Asim Rehman
2:49:57
So 343 number is a number of per diem's that we have on our roster.
2:50:05
But because they're part time, It depends on who picks up work.
2:50:09
Not all of them pick up work.
2:50:10
There's some who maybe haven't picked up work in 2 or 3 years.
2:50:13
In the past 7 months, it's roughly in the neighborhood of a 180.
2:50:18
Per session hearing officers have actually picked up work.
2:50:20
On any given day, it's 50 to 70 who might pick up work.
2:50:24
So, you know, we're seeing this floating number of somewhere between a 180200 who actually taking the work from year to year, and we can afford it right now within our current budget.
Lincoln Restler
2:50:38
Okay.