UC to review rehired but pensioned retirees

Overpaid Government Worker has this one from The S.F. Chronicle:

The University of California plans to review hundreds of double-dipping pensioners, many of whom were rehired for their old jobs - occasionally at a higher salary than before they retired.

The university's use of retirees drew attention in April after UC Berkeley Police Chief Victoria Harrison left with a lump sum $2.1 million retirement package and then was immediately rehired for her old job - with a pay raise.

Some months later, UC's governing Board of Regents adopted stricter regulations on who may be rehired and for how long.

According to a university database reviewed by The Chronicle, there were 1,900 pensioners on the payrolls of the 10 campuses and the university's headquarters last February.

California's high taxes make these 1900 special workers smile.Some people really have a vested interest in making the private sector work harder.