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Double Dipping: Cons and Pros

user icon hollywood | May 01, 2009 | there are 1 comments 1

Double-Di[[ing by state employees is in the news, and as a state employee myself I am wondering what are the perceived pros and cons of this issue.
     My initial reaction: double-dipping is bad state policy, because it in effect denies a job to another person (if you retire, it opens up your former position to another person, unless you come right bak to it). Another con is, a person working within an office can easily "put the fix in" to retire and be re-hired back, even though by law a search should be done for every new opening.wrong.  
    Then I talked to some other state employees, and they said double-dipping is done by many organizations, such as the Federal Government, and it is OK. I wonder: is that true?
    Then the question arose: whatactually is meant by "double-dipping" as it has been used in the discussion regarding the Florida Legislature's consideration of banning it again (it was banned until a legislator in 2001 put in a bill to make it legal, to help him keep two jobs at the same time).
   So I would like to hear some informed opinions on this subject.

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Thanks for opening up a good issue for discussion

Thanks for your thoughtful post, Hollywood.  After the legislative session is over next week, the folks at CIVIC can post some information about how the DROP program works, and what the media is talking about with all these references to "double dipping."

In the meantime, I'm sure there are lots of CIVIC members out there with some personal knowledge of how the system works (or doesn't work!), and informed opinions to share.

user icon CIVIC Concern | May 02, 2009 | rated none by 0 others

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