HR0308 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, State-authorized paid administrative leave is meant to be used for serious allegations of workplace wrongdoing and should last only a few weeks, not several months; and

WHEREAS, According to news reports, as of February 2013, 10 State employees have been on paid administrative leave for more than one year; 64 employees have been on paid leave for more than 60 days; and

WHEREAS, The current number of workers on State-authorized paid administrative leave is 81; those workers have collected about $2 million in taxpayer-funded State wages; and

WHEREAS, Since 2007, more than 2,000 employees have been on State-authorized paid administrative leave, while collecting $23 million in taxpayer-funded State wages; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the proper appropriations committees of the House of Representatives to review the matter of paying workers on State-authorized paid administrative leave, determine any wrongdoing or discrepancies at State agencies in placing employees on paid administrative leave, and reduce those agencies' appropriations by the amount the employees on egregiously extended State-authorized paid administrative leaves should not have received.