Tag: sick days

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

How Bloomington can save a TON of money

by:  Diane Benjamin The following graphs are from openthebooks.com One thing that aggravates citizens more than anything else is government employees getting things the private sector would never consider. Most, if not all, Bloomington employees and accumulate sick days and get paid for them when they retire.  Any private companies do that?  How about basing […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Bloomington: You have a problem

As previously reported, the pensions for the City as seriously under-funded.  City policies may be the biggest culprit!  Employees are allowed to accumulate sick days and get paid for them when they retire.  http://blnnews.com/2013/01/24/bloomington-employees-pensions/ Maybe the biggest rip off to the pension system is the salary spiking done by retiring employees.  Their pension is based on […]