Audit: N.J. Workers Comp Board Head Spent $55K on Travel, Candy

October 23, 2008

Auditors say the head of New Jersey’s Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau charged $55,000 on a state credit card for travel, meals and chocolates over 21 months.

The audit is the first for the agency that helps set the cost of workers compensation policies in its 91-year history.

Executive director Grover Czech says all the expenses were legitimate. Czech also says chocolates, lollipops and Halloween candy were for employee appreciation and morale.

Czech says he reimbursed the agency for airline tickets and a laptop computer that he purchased with the bureau’s credit card.

Czech earns about $200,000 a year.

The agency has a budget of about $12 million a year. The money is raised through a surcharge on workers comp insurance that every business owner is required to purchase.

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Information from: The Star-Ledger

Topics Workers' Compensation New Jersey

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  • November 19, 2008 at 5:06 am
    bobby jo says:
    $55k seems total reasonable to me. A CEO of a company has a lot of expenses considering all of the various dinners he needs to attend (and pay for), meetings he has to attend... read more
  • October 27, 2008 at 7:51 am
    Stat Guy says:
    I don't think $55K is a lot to spend for this particular organization or its "seminars" or whatever type of meetings were taking place. I think this article is chicken little... read more
  • October 23, 2008 at 4:07 am
    Dave says:
    Did he reimburse for the laptop and airline tickets before or after the audit? Does he not have his own credit card to make personal purchases? Sorry article to say the leas... read more

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