 pay it should say it again getting back pay of nearly six hundred thousand dollars maryland has admitted that it went around overtime pay laws that's why this is happening the baltimore banner reports that a union representing state workers discovered the pay discrepancy a couple of years ago saying that hospital employees were not paid overtime even though they worked extra hours instead the maryland department of health had them work extra shifts as independent contractors paying them at a lower rate than if they had been compensated as state employees the employees will