NBC Bay Area: DA Dodges Pay Cuts: Altered Docs Reveal Secret Perk
"Cross-outs and rewrites cover hundreds of time off requests from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office over the past two years. The reason for the changes: To give free paid time off to a select group of employees. The practice allows them to bank their allotted vacation days, which they could later cash out.
"Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen told the Investigative Unit he directed his office to recode requested time off to 'administrative leave' to make up for a county-mandated pay cut which he called “unfair” and 'wrong.'
“'It’s a problem in terms of savings to the county,' County Executive Jeff Smith who oversees county policies and union contracts told NBC Bay Area. Smith has called for an internal investigation into the DA's use of administrative leave.
