HONOLULU (AP) Former Honolulu Managing Director Robert Fishman is among a group of public employees drawing a state pension while getting a regular paycheck from the city or state. HONOLULU (AP) Former Honolulu Managing Director Robert Fishman is among a
HONOLULU (AP) Former Honolulu Managing Director Robert Fishman is among a group of public employees drawing a state pension while getting a regular paycheck from the city or state.
These so-called double dippers are working part- or full-time jobs with the city and state through 89-day employment agreements while continuing to get full pensions.
The 89-day chunks with breaks as little as one workday can be repeated indefinitely, allowing employees to avoid a rule that requires public-sector retirees who return to work for at least three months to have their pensions suspended.
Fishman says earning $62 an hour assisting the managing director’s office is more about helping and giving.
The practice allows gaining expertise of retirees while not having to pay health and other benefits.
