The Andalusian Auditing Board has detected a series of irregularities in the management of Almuñécar Town Hall.
The period that they examined was for the year 2019, which might have repercussions now as most of it is about staffing; to be more precise what process was used to select new employees, as well as excesses in remunerations and perks.
The report found that “the relation between job posts (RPT) does not fit in with the real staff necessities of the Town Hall.”
The 87 filled posts with permanent contracts infringes upon legality because “the Town Hall should cover job requirements with conformity to established procedures… …as far as equality, merit and capacity goes.” It goes on to point out that if this procedure was not followed then the contracts should be terminated to bring the situation in line with labor legislation.
It appears that the Town Hall has been using temporary-employment contracts where they should have extended permanent ones. This means that posts with administrative powers are occupied by temporary staff instead of permanent ones.
Concerning remunerations, the reports that there have been cases of overpaying personnel. Five members of staff have received payments under “other remunerations” to the tune of 9,838 euros in total.
Furthermore, the Town Hall has paid out overtime to two members of staff for teaching work in employment workshops, when the Auditing Board considers that these course bear no revelance with the work that they carry out in their post capacity. Therefore, this should not be considered overtime nor perks. They should have given the classes, full stop.
There are also some discrepancies over staff provided for the Mancomunidad by the Town Hall, under the 2017 budget, but carried out during 2019, which would not fit in with collaboration between administrations.
As far as personnel selection goes for vacant posts, there appears to be 48 employees without justification documents required. During 2019 there were 94 temporary-employment contracts extended but the documentation examined by the Board does not show that there was the urgency, exceptionality requirement that employment legislation stipulates as a condition for temporary contracts; i.e., Leyes de Presupuestos Generales del Estado.
(News: Almunecar, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)