Back and forth on public sector sick leave
Twitter was lighting up today after revelations emerged that federal public sector workers claim for more paid sick leave than workers anywhere else and that the generous sick leave provisions in their contracts cost Canadian taxpayers about $1 billion a year.
- Here's the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, a lobby group representing the country's small- and medium-sized businesses:
Yet another public sector entitlement: $1B in sick leave. Unions don't even pretend this is for being sick anymore. natpo.st/LLwF7W- And here's David Pearson, who describes himself at his Twitter profile as "a proud unionized Canadian worker" from Lethbridge, AB (presumably he's the David D Pearson who is a Greenhouse Person at an Agriculture Canada facility in the southern Alberta city) chips back:
- And that provoked this response from Tony Clement, the President of the Treasury Board, and the cabinet member responsible for managing the public service.
- And I'll add commentary as I find it ...
@TonyclementCPC @CFIB When I worked at Health, guy set to retire had over one year in banked sick days. He was quite proud. I was disgusted.
RT @CarletonAlumni: .@Carleton_U's Linda Duxbury: Record levels of public service sick leave a direct result of cuts and restructuring http://bit.ly/MOHTmIPublic service sick leave program needs drastic overhaul, expert says
12 hours ago ... OTTAWA — The management board overseeing the public service disability insurance plan warns the 42-year-old plan is so...
