Mar 18 2008
Cook County Corruption Chronicles:Part 9
Excerpts from the second semi-annual report by Shakman Compliance Administrator (CA) Julia M. Nowicki:
A representative sample of the claims is provided and discussed below.
F. Working Outside of Job Description
Perhaps the most common allegation raised by claimants involves an employee who is asked to perform job duties outside his or her Grade and Pay scale and may do so for many years. Several claimants allege that they have been told that they will not receive an upgrade until they perform political work or have a political sponsor intervene on their behalf. It is not unusual for a claimant to work for years without fair compensation, only to see a politically connected individual placed in the job whose duties they had performed. Claimants are often then asked to train the politically connected employee for the promotions they were denied.
One County employee of a large department has worked outside of her job description for eight years. She no longer performs any of the duties listed in her job description. This employee has not received an upgrade commensurate with her current job duties despite having gone back to school while working full time and earning first her B.A. and then her Master’s. Claimant has continually been given additional job responsibilities. Claimant is working several grades below the level of the person:she replaced eight years ago. Claimant has been told on a number of occasions she will not receive an upgrade until she performs political work or has a political sponsor on her behalf.
A claimant from another large department applied for promotion to a supervisory position. She was selected for the position and took on the additional job duties, but did not receive an increase in terms of title and pay increase. She has never received an increase in payor official title change, and earns the same salary as the employees: she supervises, although she has performed in the supervisory capacity for three years.
To be continued…
You can read the full Shakman report here.
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