Illinois State Contractors Took $79M Worth of Unpaid Lunch Breaks

A report reveals that contractors working for the State of Illinois took approximately 470,000 hours of paid lunch breaks at taxpayer expense, costing roughly $79 million.

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Waste Of The Day: $79M To Not Work

Waste Of The Day: $79M To Not Work Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Contractors working for the State of Illinois took a 470,000-hour paid lunch break on taxpayers' dime. A company hired during the Covid-19 pandemic to fill staffing shortages at hospitals and long-term care facilities spent more than a third of its time on "standdown," a contract provision that paid them to be on-site and available in case they were needed. The contractor, Favorite Heal...

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Illinois State Contractors Took $79M Worth of Unpaid Lunch Breaks

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