Accumulated Sick-Day Payouts: ‘Local’ Problem Hits $2 Billion and Counting

Public workers in a majority of New Jersey’s municipalities, school districts, and all but two of its counties are due almost $1.9 billion in pay for unused absences when they retire, with at least one employee slated to receive as much as $500,000. To put things in perspective: If this obligation were spread throughout the state,… Read the rest of this entry »

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168 sick days over 14 years

David Chioda is retiring from the Marlboro Township Public Schools on Monday, according to an article in The Asbury Park Press.  For the last 14 years Chioda was the supervisor of math, science, math resources/basic skills math and world language.  His salary is $142,450.   Who knew that math, science, math resources/basic skills math and world language needs all that supervision?!

The Marlboro Board of Education has managed to find an expert in discrete mathematics to take over Chioda’s job for $115,000.

Chioda is being paid $9,795 for 168 unused sick days he accumulated without supervision over the last 14 years.  He’s getting another $4,303 for 7.25 in unused vacation days.  I wonder where he went on the .75 day vacation.

A $14,000 payout is discreet by the recent standards.  For that Marlboro taxpayers can be grateful. Chioda won’t be able to buy much of a boat with that.

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