House to extend ‘double dipping’

Posted on Aug 08 2004

The House of Representatives aims to remove the two-year “double dipping” maximum deadline for certain professionals due to the current lack in the local workforce.

Saipan Rep. Justo Quitugua said the law must be amended “to open it up to more than two years.”

“We have to extend it [for] more than two years because we still can’t produce enough professionals such as teachers, nurses, doctors, etc.,” he said in an interview.

Quitugua said this is a pressing issue as some professionals would be leaving their key positions this year due to the two-year restriction.

“If it’s not amended then they would have to leave but these individuals are still needed in the service,” he said.

To prevent abuse, he said the Legislature would pass an enabling law “to protect our young generations.”

Double dipping, according to some authorities, drains the government’s retirement system funds as it allows the employer—which is the government—to pay the member or a retiree twice in terms of pension benefits and salaries.

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