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: New York Public Personnel LawEmployee working overtime without approval charged with submitting false claims
Human Resources Admin. v. McNeil, OATH Index No. 684/09 (Dec. 26, 2008)
Source: OATH determinations
Joanne McNeil, an eligibility specialist was charged with submitting false and inappropriate claims for overtime. The evidence showed that she worked extra hours without obtaining the required approval, but there was no evidence that she was paid for hours she had not worked.
The agency sought termination of McNeil's employment, but ALJ Kevin Casey recommended a 30-day suspension in light of the circumstances of the charge and McNeil's more than twenty years of employment with the agency.
Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on January 23, 2009 (boomark / email).
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