Bucharest Mayor Alleges STB Employees Abuse Sick Leave for Overtime Pay
Ciprian Ciucu, the General Mayor of Bucharest, has raised serious concerns regarding operational irregularities at the Bucharest Transport Company (STB). During a press conference, Ciucu revealed information suggesting that STB employees are systematically abusing medical leave policies. According to the mayor, workers take sick leave and are subsequently recalled to work, a practice designed to generate additional overtime hours that are compensated at higher rates. This allegation adds to existing management issues at the state-owned transport operator. The comments were made in the context of a separate criminal investigation involving twenty STB drivers accused of stealing approximately one ton of diesel fuel from company buses between January and April 2026. Prosecutors have placed these drivers under judicial control for sixty days and banned them from driving duties. Ciucu criticized the broader management failures at STB while praising the investigators who uncovered the fuel theft network. He announced that further details on the sick leave abuses would be addressed in a dedicated press conference, signaling an intensifying scrutiny of the company's internal controls and financial practices by the capital's administration.
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Bucharest Mayor Alleges STB Employees Abuse Sick Leave for Overtime Pay
Ciprian Ciucu, the General Mayor of Bucharest, has raised serious concerns regarding operational irregularities at the Bucharest Transport Company (STB). During a press conference, Ciucu revealed information suggesting that STB employees are systematically abusing medical leave policies. According to the mayor, workers take sick leave and are subsequently recalled to work, a practice designed to generate additional overtime hours that are compensated at higher rates. This allegation adds to existing management issues at the state-owned transport operator. The comments were made in the context of a separate criminal investigation involving twenty STB drivers accused of stealing approximately one ton of diesel fuel from company buses between January and April 2026. Prosecutors have placed these drivers under judicial control for sixty days and banned them from driving duties. Ciucu criticized the broader management failures at STB while praising the investigators who uncovered the fuel theft network. He announced that further details on the sick leave abuses would be addressed in a dedicated press conference, signaling an intensifying scrutiny of the company's internal controls and financial practices by the capital's administration.
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