Post by libby on Jan 24, 2016 0:43:09 GMT -6
LANSING – Gov. Rick Snyder announced the suspensions of two Department of Environmental Quality officials Friday afternoon, but if the state determines those or other workers need to be fired for mishandling the Flint water crisis, it could take more than a year to make it final.
Snyder said in news release Friday two DEQ officials are suspended pending an investigation, in accordance with civil service rules. Although state officials wouldn’t reveal the names of the employees, they said they were managers within the Water Quality division of the MDEQ.
They were suspended without pay, although under civil service rules, the unpaid status can only last seven days. The internal investigation into further action against the two employees should take a couple of weeks, said Kurt Weiss, spokesman for the state’s department of Technology, Management and Budget. After seven days, they’ll go back on the payroll.
Once the investigation is complete, the action taken against the employees can range from getting their job back to getting fired, Weiss said.
See more: www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/capitol/2016/01/22/any-state-worker-firings-flint-mistakes-could-take-months/79124178/
Snyder said in news release Friday two DEQ officials are suspended pending an investigation, in accordance with civil service rules. Although state officials wouldn’t reveal the names of the employees, they said they were managers within the Water Quality division of the MDEQ.
They were suspended without pay, although under civil service rules, the unpaid status can only last seven days. The internal investigation into further action against the two employees should take a couple of weeks, said Kurt Weiss, spokesman for the state’s department of Technology, Management and Budget. After seven days, they’ll go back on the payroll.
Once the investigation is complete, the action taken against the employees can range from getting their job back to getting fired, Weiss said.
See more: www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/capitol/2016/01/22/any-state-worker-firings-flint-mistakes-could-take-months/79124178/