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By CKOM News Staff

Sask. government reports more than $35K in public losses

Aug 8, 2023 | 1:54 PM

Getting paid more than $29,000 for overtime shifts they didn’t work has cost a Saskatchewan Health Authority employee their job.

That was one of the losses of public money reported by the Saskatchewan government on Tuesday. In total, there were more than $35,000 in losses reported over five incidents.

Saskatchewan health organizations revealed $32,777 of those losses in their first-quarter report, covering April 1 to June 30. According to the government, those incidents included:

• An SHA employee in Saskatoon was paid for overtime shifts that weren’t worked between July 2020 and July 2022, resulting in a loss of $29,660. The report said the individual resigned and was placed on the cautionary hire list, and the Saskatoon Police Service was contacted.
• A Saskatoon-based SHA employee took a parking transponder out of an SHA-owned vehicle and used it for their own vehicle between July 2022 and this past April, causing a loss of $1,117. The individual was fired, the report said, but criminal charges aren’t being considered.
• An SHA employee in Weyburn took cleaning supplies and equipment for their personal use in May of this year, leading to a loss of $2,000. The report said the employee was fired and the matter was reported to the Weyburn Police Service, which laid mischief charges.

One loss was reported by the Crown Investments Corporation.

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It said a SaskPower employee was found to have committed timesheet fraud amounting to around $1,500. The report said the employee was suspended without pay for five days and demoted, and their work activities and timesheet entries are being monitored.

There also was one loss reported by Integrated Justice Services.

According to that report, between April 2016 and March 2019, $1,235.06 in transfer payments to a community-based organization that provides services funded by the government was allegedly misappropriated.

According to the report, the six employees suspected to be involved “are no longer employed by the CBO,” but it didn’t say whether they had been fired or had resigned. The report added the police are investigating the incident.