From San Diego:
"San Diego County lets its managers and administrators cash out sick time when they leave, allowing some payouts approaching six figures and in one case reaching $118,605.
"The benefit has cost the county more than $2.5 million over the past four years, according to an analysis by the Watchdog Institute. The average size of the payouts has been growing. In 2007, the sick-time sums averaged $6,768. Last year, it was $14,004.
"The practice of paying out sick time is rare in the private sector, and more common in government service, experts say. What makes the county program more unusual is there is no cap on sick time employees can accrue.
"Jennifer Loftus, the national director for Astron. Solutions, a New York-based human resources consulting firm, said the county’s policy of allowing employees to accrue unlimited sick time and then cash it out is “extremely rare” in the private sector."
Sound familiar?
Here is yet another instance where government workers, so called "public servants," enjoy benefits greater than those they supposedly serve.
In Miami-Dade County it is no different, with sick time accrued and paid out once an employee leaves.
Already several government agencies are putting an end to this practice.
"The city of San Diego, for example, does not distinguish between sick time and vacation time, but it caps the amount of unused time off most employees can accrue at 350, 600 or 700 hours depending on when they were hired, said Scott Chadwick, human resources director for the city."
The next Mayor of Miami-Dade County must curtail this practice, (along with the unlimited payout of vacation time), placing a cap on how many hours can be accrued.
