QUESTION
What are the current statistics on chronic absences?
3:11:40
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The Department of Corrections struggles to provide immediate statistics on chronic absences when questioned by a council member.
- Deputy Commissioner Mala Srinivasan is unable to provide immediate details on current chronic absences or terminations.
- Council Member Sandy Nurse presses for this specific information during the inquiry.
- After some delay, Assistant Chief Sherrie Rembert acknowledges the question but requires clarification on the request for chronic absence data.
Sandy Nurse
3:11:40
I'm just quite a curious I believe it was in 2019 or maybe 2020, there were about 1029 staff who were reported as chronically absent.
3:11:52
And over the last year, we've kind of had a hard time getting a number, a concrete number of how many of those folks have return to work consistently or have been terminated.
3:12:02
Do you have an update on how many folks are right now considered chronically absent?
Mala Srinivasan
3:12:10
We can share the details how many are currently absent or in terms of terminations we can share the too.
Sandy Nurse
3:12:17
You don't have that now.
Mala Srinivasan
3:12:23
Just bear with me.
3:12:23
I feel like
Sandy Nurse
3:12:24
that would be a number that could be pulled up.
Mala Srinivasan
3:12:34
Sorry.
3:12:35
Apologize.
Sherrie Rembert
3:12:43
Hello, and thank you for the question again.
3:12:46
You requesting the chronic absence?
Sandy Nurse
3:12:48
Yes.