Arthur Greene
An Italian hospital worker is being investigated by the police for not turning up for work for 15 years while still getting his full salary.
According to Italian police, he earned R 9,212,000 without having turned up for a single shift since 2005.
The 67-year-old man – coined the “king of the absentees” by Italian press – has been charged with abuse of office, forgery and aggravated extortion.
According to the Guardian, six managers, who are believed to have enabled his paid-absenteeism to go on for so long without detection, are also under investigation.
In 2005, the workshy worker reportedly threatened the hospital’s director to prevent her from filing a disciplinary report over his absenteeism.
When the director retired, the man’s attendance was never checked by her successor.
This case is part of a larger investigation being conducted by police, codenamed “Part Time”.
In one case, police used secret surveillance cameras to film 35 workers at Sanremo’s town hall who had been cheating the time management system for at least two years.
In another case, a traffic officer who worked from home was filmed clocking in to work in his underwear before returning straight to his bed to sleep.
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