August 26, 2010

Nice work if you can get it

Typical government worker -- from the Hampton Roads, Virginia Pilot Online:
A no-show for 12 years, worker in Norfolk still paid
A Community Services Board employee collected a salary with benefits for 12 years and never showed up for work, several City Council members said Wednesday.

The head of the agency refused to identify the employee but acknowledged in response to inquiries from The Virginian-Pilot that an employee was "on the board's payroll who had not reported to work in years."

Maureen Womack, the agency's executive director, said she fired the employee, informed the board that governs her agency and asked City Attorney Bernard A. Pishko to investigate the matter earlier this summer. Pishko's investigation is nearly complete and will soon be turned over to the Norfolk police, she said.

Womack also refused to divulge the employee's salary.
Don't these people realize that they will be caught? Of course, the penalty will just be a slap on the wrist but still... Posted by DaveH at August 26, 2010 7:58 PM
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