DHS paid $14 million to departing employees to cut budget
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September 11, 2016
TULSA, Okla. (AP, posted Sept. 11, 2016) — The Oklahoma Department of Human Services spent $14 million on employees who resigned or accepted voluntary buyouts during the past year, which was 70 percent more than it spent on that the previous year.
The increase in so-called "terminal leave" payments comes as the agency decreases staff in some areas and increases it in another department, the Tulsa World reported Sunday (http://bit.ly/2cOYW2e).
DHS spokeswoman Sheree Powell said the increase in terminal pay was to be expected because DHS has reduced staff by more than 1,200 employees over the pa...
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