Corrections Official Reviews Sick Leave Use; State Secretary Says He has No Plans to Change Policy

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Madison -- State Corrections Secretary Rick Raemisch said Thursday he has no plans to change his agency's sick leave policy but is reviewing it in light of a Journal Sentinel investigation that identified examples of correctional officers using sick leave in questionable ways.

"It's a matter of certain individuals trying to beat a system," Raemisch said. "Do we have to change the whole system or do we need to take a look at those individuals and try to correct the problem that way?"

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Corrections Official Reviews Sick Leave Use; State Secretary Says He has No Plans to Change Policy

Raemisch conceded the policy does not bar the practice of calling in sick for a shift and then working the immediate next shift at overtime pay rates. The newspaper reviewed time sheets for the...

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