Personnel policies need scrutiny
Boston Globe
by Scot Lehigh
09/14/06
It's become a staple of state and local news coverage: The public employee who abuses sick leave or vacation time policies in ways that would be unimaginable in the private sector. The latest example came last week, with the Globe's report on Boston Police officer Christine Meegan, who took more than 100 work days off in less than a year by gaming the department's sick time and vacation policies. ... But here's the real scandal: According to the Globe story, what Meegan did was apparently permitted under the department's union contract. In mid-August, meanwhile, we had a sterling example of greed in the persons of Matt Amorello, former chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, and some members of his management team. On their way out the door at the turnpike, Amorello and his managers made off with something that really should belong to you and me. Like, say, several hundred thousand dollars...
http://tinyurl.com/gdkvn
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Scot Lehigh
09/14/06
It's become a staple of state and local news coverage: The public employee who abuses sick leave or vacation time policies in ways that would be unimaginable in the private sector. The latest example came last week, with the Globe's report on Boston Police officer Christine Meegan, who took more than 100 work days off in less than a year by gaming the department's sick time and vacation policies. ... But here's the real scandal: According to the Globe story, what Meegan did was apparently permitted under the department's union contract. In mid-August, meanwhile, we had a sterling example of greed in the persons of Matt Amorello, former chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, and some members of his management team. On their way out the door at the turnpike, Amorello and his managers made off with something that really should belong to you and me. Like, say, several hundred thousand dollars...
http://tinyurl.com/gdkvn
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 15. Sep, 15:29
