Audit of DA's Office

Nassau County Comptroller Howard Weitzman this week released a limited review of bereavement leave and timesheets for the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office for the period of January 1, 2006 through June 30, 2008 that revealed several instances of incorrect leave request forms and improper segregation of timekeeping duties.

Under the CSEA agreement, employees are granted either one or three days bereavement leave depending on the relationship of the deceased to the employee. In addition, departmental policy requires that the relationship of the deceased be noted on the leave request form or the timesheet, to ensure that the proper number of days is granted. According to the audit, one employee used two days of leave on three different occasions in 2006, for a total of six bereavement days. On two of the occasions, the relationship of the deceased to the employee was not noted. Auditors also found that an employee from one unit in the DA’s Office had been certifying her own time sheet as both timekeeper and supervisor. This duty needs to be segregated, according to the audit’s recommendation.

All the recommendations made by the auditors were promptly carried out by the DA’s Office.

Review of ‘Bereavement Leave’ forms identified two errors