That may have ended things for DA staffers, but Executive John Brown and Trapp still want to force other courthouse employees to use them. Documents obtained from the Controller's office reveal that the county spent about $30,000 to purchase seven biometric time clocks from Kronos.
Where are they? For all I know, they are next to her $800 popcorn machine.
There would be too much heat to force them on county workers now. Obviously, John Brown is waiting until after he is re-elected, and then woe to the county worker who objects. It is Amy Trapp or her husband who, on this very blog, disparaged county workers who oppose time clocks as "entitled spoiled brat government employees who need to get on board."
Amazingly, this is the Director of Human Resources. Brown, her boss, never forced her to apologize for this slur.
How does Executive candidate Lamont McClure feel about time clocks? "[T]here is a right way and a wrong way to do this, and I believe the Brown Administration time clock plan is the wrong one for Northampton County," he said. "I would certainly not propose and/or implement it."
"The first concern I have is that a time clock program needs to be fair. And, by fair, I mean that everyone must use it. There is a widespread sense among county employees that not all of their fellow co-workers would be required to use it. That's just not right.
"The second concern I have is that in order to properly serve the public many employees need to spend large portions of their work week out in the community. There is some thought that the Brown system would not accurately or fairly reflect that important work.
"Finally, it seems to me having a system that is accessed by a fingerprint is disrespectful to hard working, decent and honorable public servants. After all, in our society fingerprinting is most often thought of in terms of law breaking. It sends a terrible message to the employees, and undermines the public's confidence in their government."
