Report: Reardon Allegedly Manipulated Unemployment System for Daughter
Co-workers file complaint claiming she violated anti-nepotism, ethics rules.
The Nashua Telegraph is reporting that Tara Reardon, the commissioner for Employment Security and a Concord School Board member, had her daughter hired for a summer job and then ordered a state employee to have her laid-off instead of released from the job so that the daughter could collect benefits.
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According to the report, two agency employees charged Reardon with violation of the anti-nepotism law and ethics rules.
According to the report, a deputy commissioner, Darrell Gates, also had a daughter hired two years before and reportedly told an underling to layoff his daughter in the same manner.
The employment security employee reportedly testified before a grand jury. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office reportedly told an executive councilor that Reardon has agreed to resign at the end of the month. She was hired under a five-year term that would have run through 2014.
Gov. John Lynch and the Executive Council are expected to examine the issue today.
Reality Geezer
9:44 am on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Temp agencies do this all the time--so whats the big deal???
R. Bond
4:22 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Benefits
judith
10:20 am on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Disgusting! Shame!
John Miller
11:04 am on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Gates is as corrupt as they come. He has been brutal towards the unemployed while at the same time exempting his family from the rules
Alice Bisson
9:23 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Darrell Gates has worked for Employment Security for nearly thirty years and the employees that care about the agency and are standing behind him and Tara, which happens to be most of us! We will not back down to this vendictive attack. We know the truth!
Livia Austin
12:02 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
I know Tara personally and wish her the best in this matter. She has always been an honest person and I hope she will prevail. Good luck Tara!
Robert B Butts
1:30 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
These don't appear to be the actions of an honest person.
Zeke Zellers
5:19 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
What is the big deal it is done all the time. I guess this is worse than obama running guns huh? How about him retiring at the end of the month. He was only hired for 4 years anyhow.
aloft
8:48 am on Saturday, August 4, 2012
NhES treats people like crap. The reason the state unemployment is so low is most don't want to deal with the thugs that have run it. Lets hope new management turns this agency into one that actually helps people in need, not harass them.