Hospital employee ‘avoided work for 15 years on complete pay’ in Italy

A medical facility worker who has actually been implicated of avoiding work for 15 years on complete pay has actually been nicknamed the ‘king of absentees.’

The male, 67, was paid an overall of €538,000 (£464,000) regardless of not showing up to operate at Pugliese Ciaccio medical facility in the southern Italian city of Catanzaro.

He’s been called in regional media reports as Salvatore Scumace and supposedly just went to the medical facility as soon as, on the day he signed his agreement.

Mr Scumace is now being examined on suspicion of abuse of workplace, forgery and worsened extortion, according to reports.

Six supervisors have actually likewise been apprehended on suspicion of contributing in making it possible for the long absence.

It’s believed the Mr Scumace, a civil servant, stopped going to operate in 2005 after a row with his then-boss.

Police state he threatened the medical facility director to stop her from submitting a disciplinary report versus him.

She then retired and her followers obviously never ever examined the worker’s participation, permitting him to continue to avoid deal with complete pay.

The arrest becomes part of a big authorities examination – codenamed Part Time – into absence and thought scams in the Italian public sector.

Officers studied participation and income records along with witness declarations from coworkers and are likewise examining 57 other medical facility staff members for absence.

Previous examinations have actually discovered ‘ghost’ public authorities regularly flout the system, either by never ever showing up or clocking in and after that vanishing.

In 2015, authorities discovered that 75% of council staff members in San Remo, a town on the Italian Riviera, stopped working to appear for work.

One guard, who resided on the properties, would regularly clock in using his underclothing prior to returning to bed.

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