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N.J. borough ‘wasted hundreds of thousands’ on unlawful employee sick leave payouts, investigation finds
Updated Mar 02, 2021;
Palisades Park officials ignored New Jersey laws capping sick leave payouts for employees, reimbursed employees for personal expenses and “wasted” hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to a state investigation released Tuesday.
The State Comptroller’s Office found “widespread financial mismanagement” that enriched its employees in violation of state laws and at the expense of taxpayers in the small Bergen County borough.
The investigation identified contract, collective bargaining provisions and employee perks far more generous than allowed under state law and mismanagement of expense reimbursements and fuel purchases.