State departments spend millions on unused vacation

California state departments spent more than $486 million between 2006 and mid-2009 to pay more than 52,000 departing employees for vacation and other leave time that they never used.

Use the database below to search for payments. The database, which we received from the State Controller's Office, does not contain first names of employees – only last names and first and middle initials, so keep that in mind when searching. Also, the lump-sum dollar figure represents an employee's payment for all leave types added together: Vacation or annual leave, comp time, holidays, personal days, etc.

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Source: California State Controller

Last updated: February 2010

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Bruce F's picture
Having large quantities of banked time are often unavoidable for many reasons. For many years the state has intermittently offered a voluntary program of issuing time instead of money, dating back to the Wilson governorship. Various time categories other than vacation can be banked. Since certain time categories such as personal holidays and furloughs days will expire if not used, vacation days are often used last. When there are employee shortages in a department, many remaining employees will have to defer their time away from work or even be asked to work overtime. In short, it's a system whereby the state has always tried to defer payment to its employees, so that when the employee finally retires there is a lot of banked time of many different time categories. Therefore, large banked time balances at retirement does not mean state employees receive too much vacation, rather it means that the state put off payments by instead offering time instead of money during that employee's many years of service. Many do not understand this, or worse, choose not to understand this because the current climate is one of blame.
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$486mil is not much actually and wont make any difference... I don't see any sign of fraud; it's money earned by those employees. Also, the amount is for a 3-yer period, so it's like $160mil a year, which is nothing!!!
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Many of those cash payments appeared to violate rules designed to limit how much vacation time state workers can accumulate during their careers. Most employees are allowed to bank 80 days worth of unused vacation, but records show that supervisors routinely allow them to exceed that amount. And the problem is growing, state payroll officials said. Personnel documents estimate that as of December 2008, more than 14,000 state employees had already exceeded their vacation caps.
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These unused vacations will hurt the economy so badly. to pay more than 52,000 departing employees for vacation is so incrseadable number. Efficient goverments can save alot money from the unused vacation.
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The issue of California state departments spending more than $486 million between 2006 and mid-2009 to pay more than 52,000 departing employees for vacation and other leave time that they never used, has reached an alarming proportions. It should be addressed urgently. Thanks. Wheat Grinder
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According to the article written above states that the California's various department spent more in its employees holiday. I am quite surprised as well as happy to know it.Government take care of its employees.Its a great decision of the government that it provides all kind of facilities to its workers.In my view all government should spent a small part of its revenue in employees vacations. Kimberly - writes about Water Cooler
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They really should make the vacation time void if not used within the year as opposed to rolling it over on an accrued basis. Certainly more cost effective and it won't be open to abuse.
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