The Alberta government paid $3.6 million in severance to departing political staff and senior civil servants in 2014.
The amounts were published on the so-called “sunshine list” which lists salaries for government employees who make more than $100,000 a year.
Two former deputy ministers, Dana Woodworth and Robert Penny, each took home $162,160 in severance when they left their jobs last year.
Severances paid to other civil servants on the list ranged from $175,000 to $97,625.
Included in the 2014 list are previously reported payouts to political staff of former Premier Alison Redford.
They include chief of staff Farouk Adatia ($366,879), communications director Stefan Baranski ($120,541) and principal secretary Lee Richardson ($231,809).
The government passed Treasury Board directives last month which limit severance to three months’ salary for political staff who worked for less than a year.
The maximum payout is capped at six months’ salary.
However, these limits only apply to political staff and do not include senior civil servants.
