by WorldTribune Staff, January 17, 2025 Real World News
On his way out with the rest of the Biden-Harris regime, Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas this week awarded his employees an extra paid three days off.
DHS chief Alejandro MayorkasDuring his 4-year tenure at the agency, Mayorkas handed out $3 billion worth of taxpayer money in the form of bonus time off, a report said.
“Mayorkas, known to employees as ‘Santo Mayorkas’ for his frequent vacation indulgences, announced the extra time off in a departing message this week to his workforce,” Stephen Dinan reported for The Washington Times on Jan. 16.
“The move is not just a thank-you to the employees but also an aggressive challenge to the incoming Trump administration, which will have to decide whether to try to claw back the time and perhaps risk angering the workers.”
Watchdog group Open the Books wondered how a department that is tasked with watching the borders, operating the Coast Guard and Secret Service, and staffing airport screening checkpoints can afford to give so much time off.
“The Department of Homeland Security is tasked with some of the federal government’s most foundational responsibilities. The last thing taxpayers need is to furnish them with more time off when most federal workers are not reporting to the office daily anyway,” said John Hart, CEO of Open the Books.
The time off awarded by Mayorkas this week is likely good through the next calendar year, meaning the three days can be used until the end of 2026.
Dinan noted that “new federal workers are entitled to 13 days of annual leave. Those with at least three years in service get 20 days. Those who cross the 15-year mark get 26 days a year. Each employee also earns 13 sick days a year and 11 paid holidays.”
Along with the bonus time off given to DHS workers by Mayorkas, a senior Homeland Security employee has enough time off to work less than four days a week, every week of the year.
Salary.com estimates the average hourly pay for a Homeland Security employee is $43. Given the department’s 260,000 workers, taxpayers are paying up to $3 billion for the extra vacation time Mayorkas has approved.
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