A longstanding practice that allows public workers to simultaneously collect their pension and a state paycheck has caught the attention of state lawmakers and top UW-Madison officials. This so-called practice of double-dipping by retired state workers who are hired back either to their exact position or another state post has come to attention recently, with news breaking this week that officials at UW-Green Bay had a contract ready to rehire Tom Maki, a high-ranking administrator, before he officially announced his resignation.
State law allows employees to be rehired as long as they have been out of their former job for at least 30 days and did not agree to a rehire contract before they left the position. The fact that Maki?s new contract apparently was drawn up even before he announced his departure is a violation of state law.