Mass. Probation department’s ‘absurd’ sick day stats eyed

The Boston Herald reports:

State probation department staffers banged in sick more than 11,000 days last year - the equivalent of 30 years - in a workplace epidemic that has private sector leaders shaking their heads in disbelief, a Herald review finds.

As lawmakers mull what to do with the troubled department, the review found that taxpayers paid for 11,165 sick days for probation officers last year - an average of nearly 12.5 days each. That’s more than twice the amount used by the average American worker and higher than probation departments in other states.

Just think, Obama wants federal taxpayers to bailout these overpaid government workers.