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| Canadian Guard Fired For Claiming Overtime |
| By cbc.ca |
| Published: 08/04/2010 |
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A Regina jail guard has been fired for claiming $34,000 in overtime that he did not work, according to the Ministry of Corrections, Public Safety and Policing. The guard submitted the false overtime claims over the course of two years for shifts he didn't work at the Regina Provincial Correctional Centre, the ministry announced Tuesday. The problem was uncovered during a review of escalating overtime costs at the province's jails, says Judy Orthner, a spokesperson with the ministry. That review highlighted a flaw in the system for approving overtime that has since been fixed. "The person who authorized that overtime wouldn't have necessarily known that that person had worked the overtime because they wouldn't have been on the correctional centre floor to see that person working," says Orthner. Read More. |
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