Steve Heaven wrote: > On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 13:36 +0000, Mack, David wrote: > >> >From today's Telegraph: >> >> Sack for Head of Farm Cash Agency >> >> By Charles Clover, Environment Editor >> >> The former chief executive of the Rural Payments Agency at the centre of the >> farm payments fiasco has been sacked nearly nine months after he was >> suspended on his £114,000 year salary. >> >> Johnston McNeill, who presided over the agency in the run up to its failure >> to pay England's farmers their subsidy cheques on time, has been paid >> £57,000, or six months pay. >> >> Mr McNeill, who with his board is likely to have incurred £131 million in >> fines from the EU because payments were late, will get a pension of £12,000 >> a year for life and a payment of £42,000. > > > So that's 9 months 'gardening leave' on £114,000 + £57,000 + a pension > of £42,000 lump sum & £12,000 p.a. all for presiding over an almighty > balls up. >
..and don't forget that just before he was put on gardening leave he was awarded a bonus of 18.5% of his salary for achieving 100% of his targets in the previous fiscal year. What on earth were his targets? Not paying farm subsidies on time and incurring at least £100 million in fines? > Nice work if you can get it ! There should be a law against it! Disgusted.... Will Chapman > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Will Chapman Save Our Waterways www.SaveOurWaterways.org.uk
