Cooper halts McCrory's directive for payments to his Cabinet

RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration has stopped payments that Republican predecessor Pat McCrory ordered before leaving office to compensate 10 Cabinet secretaries for unused time off, an amount that could have totaled $166,000.

In a Dec. 29 letter, McCrory directed state finance and personnel officials to allot compensation for accrued vacation and another leave category to department heads “as if they were regular state employees” covered by state government personnel rules.

Cooper’s office says that Cabinet secretaries and others in similar positions are exempt from the rules covering other employees, and don’t generally receive payments for unused leave. Cooper became governor Jan. 1.

“These irregular payments have been brought to the attention of the administration and halted pending further review,” Cooper spokesman Ford Porter wrote in an email.

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