Ohio Inspector General recommends issuance of statewide policy following $47,000 in payments contrary to ORC
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The Ohio Inspector General has issued a report of investigation initiated after the Office of the Ohio Governor delivered a complaint alleging a number of state agencies were converting accrued hours of vacation time to cash payments in excess of the amount permissible under law.
Similar to a pattern in an investigation two years ago, 17 employees from eight state agencies were found to have received more than $47,000 in payments contrary to Ohio Revised Code Section 124.134 (C), which states in part, that “... no employee shall receive payment for more than 80 hours of denied vacation leave in a single fiscal year.”
In providing the report of investigation to the director of the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, the inspector general has asked for the issuance of a statewide policy to govern the processing and payment of denied vacation leave.
Ohio Inspector General Report of Investigation file number 2015-CA00008 is now available at:
http://watchdog.ohio.gov/Investigations/2016Investigations.aspx
Similar to a pattern in an investigation two years ago, 17 employees from eight state agencies were found to have received more than $47,000 in payments contrary to Ohio Revised Code Section 124.134 (C), which states in part, that “... no employee shall receive payment for more than 80 hours of denied vacation leave in a single fiscal year.”
In providing the report of investigation to the director of the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, the inspector general has asked for the issuance of a statewide policy to govern the processing and payment of denied vacation leave.
Ohio Inspector General Report of Investigation file number 2015-CA00008 is now available at:
http://watchdog.ohio.gov/Investigations/2016Investigations.aspx