Employee Appreciation Payments
The Department of Employment Security spent over $3,000 on employee appreciation.
by Mark Cavers
Utilizing information from our new transparency website, IllinoisOpenGov.org,
I found that in 2008 and 2009 (up until the time of our FOIA requests),
the Department of Employment Security spent $3,239.02 on employee
appreciation. The largest payments were $225.00 to Laura
Crivlare-Maglio, $194.00 to Marie E. Dimuzio, and $141.33 to Patricia
E. Marko. Were these simply cash payouts rewarding employees for their
hard work? If so, who determined the amounts and how did they make
those determinations? Additionally, if these are cash payments,
separating them into an employee appreciation section instead of
including them in the individual employee