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Washington, DC - More than three dozen city employees are reaping the rewards of the District's appeal process, including a cop arrested for drunk driving.
From 2007 through 2009, 72 employees have been reinstated and awarded back pay totalling $8 million, after being fired due to basic budget-related layoffs to basic terminations, according to the Washington Examiner. Officials at the Office of Employee Appeals told the newspaper that the agency's finances are so depleted it can't hire court reporters and is facing a backlog of 533 cases.
The other issue is that the cases can drag on for years, and those workers who successfully appeal are ultimately paid "to take a long vacation," D.C. Councilwoman Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) told the Examiner.
Like former D.C. police Sgt. James O'Boyle,....
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