Employee Benefits

Employee Benefits

When most of us consider what "perks" we may have with our employment, we may consider things like additional health care spending accounts, training allowances, coffee provided. 

What most of us would not consider a "normal perk" would be for our employer to hire legal defense on our behalf due to assault!

We also wouldn't consider a 'normal perk' to be significant financial gain by removing assets that have been placed in County owned bins on County owned property. 

LSARA brought the issue forward a few days ago with respect to who has keys to the Landfills, how are they used and when. We also identified that there is risk to the Ratepayers for this activity. Since we brought forward this issue, we have had contact with individuals that are privy to information on just how often this occurs, who does and who does not know of this use.

In addition, there is some significant financial gain that is being created by some individuals that are removing property and taking it to scrap yards for their own personal benefit. This cannot be allowed to continue as it amounts to theft of property. Whether someone discarded these items or not is not the issue. 

If these individuals have the time while being paid a wage to sort these materials, then the County should be benefiting, not the individual. If these individuals are sorting and taking on their own time, then we have personal liability. 

Some individuals have repeatedly been advised to cease this activity but yet they continue. 

Why is this continuing? Do we not have job descriptions that identify the roles and responsibilities of a landfill attendant? 

I would strongly suggest that if there is, and there should be, that it does not say to use the keys whenever you want, go through everything that is dropped off and take what you can profit from.

That, ladies and gentleman in my opinion constitutes theft.