JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A review by Jacksonville’s Office of Inspector General revealed that several employees of the Jacksonville Housing Authority may have received full salaries and benefits while also collecting workers’ compensation payments.
According the OIG, nine JHA employees got their full salaries while also receiving workers’ comp, because of a misclassified payroll code for “workers comp” entries, that caused them to receive their full salary, regardless of their work status. Based on records from the JHA, the inspector general identified overpayments totaling $73,204.51.
The housing authority was unable to locate documentation showing that any workers’ comp checks were submitted to payroll, as required by the agency’s standard operating procedures. One affected employee reported they weren’t aware of the requirement to submit the checks…