Employee paid nearly half a million for doing nothing

Not for the first time, an employee has been caught out being paid by a former employee for doing nothing.

Bosko Herman, a French civil servant based in Sainte-Savine, eastern France, has been essentially receiving jobseekers allowance, to the tune of £450,000 (over £3,000 a month), by his former employer – The Independent reports.

Between 2001 and 2006 he was General Director – Services, for Sainte-Savine’s town hall. He was let go due to a “personal disagreement” with a new mayor.

However, a 1984 legal clause, titled ‘Civil servants momentarily deprived of a job’, meant his employees continued paying three-quarters of his pay packet until he secured new employment. The remainder is supplied by a civil service management centre.