Former N.D. Lottery head gets unusual retirement payout

Comment #5

johnph77 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:34:36 GMT

Prior approval was required for the carryover. No problem. They were aware that such an occurance was possible. They might have delayed his retirement, kept him on the rolls after his retirement date and paid him piecemeal for his accumulated leave but the monies paid would have been the same.

When I retired from the Fed I was given a lump sum for my unused vacation time. It wasn't nearly as much as his payment, but it helped.

Comment #4

murph1226 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:45:58 GMT

I don't think so... I'm a state employee, work 50-60 hours a week. Why shouldn't I get paid for time I work, it's not like I can take the time off! Too much to do.

Comment #3

KY Floyd — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:12:31 GMT

You're welcome to work for free as much as you want, but why should others have to

Comment #2

DC81 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:07:14 GMT

Sounds like he earned it though and it's the state's fault if the guy had a really tight deadline.

Comment #1

Littleoldlady — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:52:28 GMT

They need to get rid of compensatory time off .

Former N.D. Lottery head gets unusual retirement payout

Lottery Post — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:48:00 GMT

When North Dakota's former lottery director retired in April, he was paid $44,432 for unused vacation time, a sum that is raising eyebrows among lawmakers who write the budget for state government.

Chuck Keller could not use up his leave, which totaled more than 31 weeks, because he was busy planning the launch of North Dakota's lottery office, said Tom Trenbeath, the state's deputy attorney general. The lottery began selling Powerball tickets in March 2004.

Keller also accumulated compens... [ More ]