Now this is the kind of paid vacation plan I'd like:
The summer of 2005 has been an embarrassing one at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. First, the university came under fire when it was revealed that Paul W. Barrows, the vice chancellor for student affairs who quit last year, did so because he had had an affair with a graduate student. That Barrows stayed on the university’s payroll infuriated legislators, and focused attention on how the university treats employees who get into trouble.Now some lawmakers have shifted their attention to professors — three of whom remain employees even though they are either in jail or headed there.
On Friday, Roberto Coronado, a professor of physiology at Madison, was sentenced to eight years in prison after he entered a plea of no contest on three felony counts of repeated sexual contact with a child. While the university is seeking to dismiss Coronado, he is appealing that decision and remains an employee, even though his incarceration prevents him from being on campus.
Because he has unused vacation time, he is currently receiving his salary — $137,641 — and will continue to do so until he uses up his vacation time, at which point he will be on an unpaid leave, pending the outcome of his appeals of his dismissal.
A plan that pays off even if the reason I'm not at work is because I can't get past the warden? Must be nice.
Posted by kswygert at August 11, 2005 01:48 PM