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| Prisons under stress from sick leave |
| By The Globe and Mail |
| Published: 12/08/2008 |
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CANADA - Correctional officers in Ontario prisons took an average of 32 sick days last year and some more than doubled their annual salary by working overtime, the province's Auditor-General says in his annual report tabled on Monday. The 498-page report covers a range of topics, including a backlog of cases in provincial courts, the loss of an estimated $500-million in tax revenues through the sale of contraband cigarettes and the construction of a hospital under a public-private partnership that cost much more than if the province had done it on its own. In all, provincial auditor Jim McCarter conducted 14 so-called, value-for-money audits in his sixth annual report. This was not the first time Mr. McCarter examined what he described as “serious problems” with the absenteeism of correctional officers, including those who abuse sick leave and overtime provisions, in the province's 31 prisons. Some of the absenteeism was suspicious, including those who called in sick on the weekend preceding Thanksgiving, only to turn up for work on the Monday, when they earned twice the hourly rate for working a holiday. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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