Fri., Mar. 20, 2009

[gstickley]

Friday, Mar. 20, 2009

ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Sloane denied ‘longevity’ raise
Madeira: Employee worked less than 40 percent of year
Sara Ganim sganim@centredaily.com
(snip)

[Politigal]

http://tinyurl.com/csm43l

Steve Sloane, who has been working in the District Attorney’s Office for 17 years, was on unpaid medical leave more than 60 percent of the last 12 months, county Administrator Tim Boyde said.

Wasn't he on extended medical leave in April 2005 as well?

http://gricar.disappearance.googlepa...rdisappearance

Until Mr. Sloane's public comments last spring, I would have believed that he was among the staff that police interviewed, albeit not at the DA office, as his medical leave had been in place from sometime during the winter of 2005 until May or June of that year.

I wonder about 2006 & 2007.

And, if he was on *unpaid* medical leave (as per the article) for such long periods of time....how was he earning a living? paying his bills? Maybe Ray Gricar knew the answer to that.

[Politigal]

Originally Posted by logicworks

From the same article------------------'Annual reviews in Centre County are done each year on the anniversary of an employee’s start date.'

Isn't this the same time period in March, 2005, when RG started to appear to be irritated/agitated, moody---- five weeks before disappearance?

When I do reviews, if someone is off on sick time at raise time, there may be a raise but only if it is backed up with a definite 'resume work' date. Only those in the 'know' would know the particulars in this case, I guess.
JMO

Gricar did handle all the personnel issues per this older article

http://tinyurl.com/cd92mw

"Each attorney stepped up to the plate and got the work done," said Smith, who has handled all the personnel matters that would have fallen to Gricar while continuing to prosecute a full load of cases.

[J. J. in Phila]

Sloane was initially hired in late winter or early spring of 1992.

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive...-92dnews-7.asp

IIRC, he was called back at about the same time in 1993.

[Politigal]

Originally Posted by logicworks

From the same article------------------'Annual reviews in Centre County are done each year on the anniversary of an employee’s start date.'

Isn't this the same time period in March, 2005, when RG started to appear to be irritated/agitated, moody---- five weeks before disappearance?

When I do reviews, if someone is off on sick time at raise time, there may be a raise but only if it is backed up with a definite 'resume work' date. Only those in the 'know' would know the particulars in this case, I guess.
JMO

I wonder if Sloane's raise in April 2005 was approved by Gricar...or if it fell to Smith in Gricar's absence.

[J. J. in Phila]

Neither, the pay board sets it.

Sloane noted that he had gotten it every year and 4/15 was after March at any rate.

[Politigal]

From the 1st article I linked in this thread...Sloane's raise was denied --

http://www.centredaily.com/news/loca...y/1182222.html

based on a recommendation from his boss

Originally Posted by Politigal

From the 1st article I linked in this thread...Sloane's raise was denied --

http://www.centredaily.com/news/loca...y/1182222.html

based on a recommendation from his boss

Right, Pgal. I would imagine the board simply rubber stamps whatever the recommendations are from whoever does the evaluations. That's how it's usually done. The board can't have any way of knowing who is doing a good job and who isn't (except through feedback from a boss who provides "yes" or "no" recommendations).

[J. J. in Phila]

Originally Posted by Politigal

From the 1st article I linked in this thread...Sloane's raise was denied --

http://www.centredaily.com/news/loca...y/1182222.html

based on a recommendation from his boss

The "boss" doesn't make the decision, the pay board does.

And no, UTR, they do not rubber stamp anything. I think it includes the Commissioners, though MM's recommendation might carry some weight. This was possibly the same body that laid Sloane off in 1992.