Recently, the termination of municipal government employees has been making the evening news, but it appears that one of those cases could end up in a pleasant outcome.
2 weeks ago, we told you about the dispute that was brewing at the San Pedro Town Council. For March March Municipal Elections, residents of that island town elected a PUP slate under the leadership of Mayor "Wally" Nunez.
They unseated a UDP Council, and during the transition tremors, a number of employees were terminated. They were supposed to be compensated in a severance package, but there was a dispute over the sum they got, and the calculated sum they think they deserve. 15 of those former employees retained attorney OJ Elrington to press the issue on their behalf.
He wrote them a lawyer letter and yesterday, the law firm that the new council retained gave him a formal response.
That letter says, quote, "We have advised our Client of its outstanding financial liability for the varying terminal benefits you have claimed on behalf of your clients. Our client is currently in the process of computing the full sums owing to your clients after which, it will proceed to make arrangements for payments to be effected." End quote.
We'll keep following up to find out if those former employees are paid those additional sums of money.
