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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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El Dorado County Grand Jury
• 2000-2001
Abuse of Sick Leave by Sheriff's Department
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Findings 7 findings
F1
The then Undersheriff did not attend work from January 28, 2000, until his retirement on May 5, 2000.
F2
Section 1006 of the El Dorado County Salary & Benefits Resolution for Unrepresented Employees states, "sick leave taken in excess of eighty hours may be supported by a Doctor's excuse".
F3
Payroll records indicate that the then Undersheriff was paid for two hundred (200) hours of sick leave form January 28, 2000 to May 5, 2000. The action described in Finding 3 resulted in the "use" of accumulated sick leave for
F4
which the then Undersheriff would not have been entitled to receive payment at the time of his retirement.
F5
The then Undersheriff was not sick during this period. The affected employee was entitled to receive payment for 504 hours of sick leave
F6
upon retirement under Section 1009 (A) The El Dorado County Salary & Benefits Resolution for Unrepresented Employees.
F7
The affected employee received payment for 504 hours of sick leave upon his retirement.
Recommendations 2
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R1Sick leave regulations should be rewritten with adequate specificity to give notice to employees of their rights and to give notice to the department of the specific regulations which are its responsibility to enforce.
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R2The Sheriff should enforce the sick leave regulations uniformly. Responses Required for Findings