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Audit finds vacation accrual inconsistencies, CTO carryovers and payout errors in Tulare County leave audit
Summary
A countywide audit of leave balances found five findings including employees above vacation caps, CTO balances carried when employees change bargaining units, an incorrect sick-to-retirement conversion, benefit payout errors and misuse of personal holiday time.
Kristen Odom, chief of financial reporting and audits for the Auditor-Controller's Office, presented the countywide leave balances and accruals audit covering fiscal years 07/01/2021 through 06/30/2024.
Odom reported that for fiscal year 2024 about $308,000,000 was paid in base salary and wages and roughly $56,000,000 was paid for time off. Auditors tested vacation accruals, CTO, sick leave accruals, final pay lump-sum payouts and personal holiday usage and identified five findings.
First, auditors found vacation balances exceeding policy limits. As of June 30, 2024, 19 employees had vacation balances above their allowed cap; four had waivers on file, three were due to bargaining-unit scheduling or payroll procedures, four were small system or timekeeping errors, and eight were from one department that later obtained waivers after the audit. At the start of the audit period (July 1, 2021) 60 employees were over their cap, a reduction of…
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