Long smoke breaks and a do not hire list: Audit details state worker misdeeds
An executive at the Department of Health Care Services kept a “do not hire” list for almost two years that may have run afoul of anti-discrimination laws, according to an audit disclosing recent improper activities by state workers.
The health care executive appeared to be the highest-ranking state worker to be investigated in State Auditor Elaine Howle’s latest report on public employee misconduct.
Other examples included a parole agent who misused a state vehicle for her personal commute, a Caltrans analyst who spent about seven hours a week taking smoke and lunch breaks, and a university librarian who perused websites related to online video games for about 85 hours at work in a 13-month period. The audit does not name the individuals involved.
Howle’s staff estimated the misconduct detailed in the report cost taxpayers about $40,000 “in inappropriate expenditures related to the misuse of of state time and resources, inaccurate attendance records and improper payments.”
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