Post by pavel on Apr 11, 2016 18:36:55 GMT -6
Fort Worth demanding reimbursement from employees overpaid due to payroll mess
FORT WORTH - Fort Worth officials are looking to recoup more than $250,000 from former employees who were overpaid because of problems with a new payroll computer system the city switched to about five years ago and human error.
Officials say the news was a “shock” to the employees, and some now face a financial jam.
The bulk of the money, $244,730, was paid to nine firefighters who left the department in 2013 and 2015, according a recent audit report. Of that, $193,921 was overpaid in 2013 and $50,809 in 2015, the report said. No overpayments were recorded in 2014. The audit covers the three years.
The audit also found $6,960 in overpayments to 11 other former general employees.
The payments were compensation for unused vacation, holiday and sick leave the workers were allowed when they left the city’s employment. While employed, the firefighters were paid on a 40-hour week, but when they left the department, their pay rate should have been calculated on a 56-hour week, according to policy, the report said.
Read more here: www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article70934877.html
FORT WORTH - Fort Worth officials are looking to recoup more than $250,000 from former employees who were overpaid because of problems with a new payroll computer system the city switched to about five years ago and human error.
Officials say the news was a “shock” to the employees, and some now face a financial jam.
The bulk of the money, $244,730, was paid to nine firefighters who left the department in 2013 and 2015, according a recent audit report. Of that, $193,921 was overpaid in 2013 and $50,809 in 2015, the report said. No overpayments were recorded in 2014. The audit covers the three years.
The audit also found $6,960 in overpayments to 11 other former general employees.
The payments were compensation for unused vacation, holiday and sick leave the workers were allowed when they left the city’s employment. While employed, the firefighters were paid on a 40-hour week, but when they left the department, their pay rate should have been calculated on a 56-hour week, according to policy, the report said.
Read more here: www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article70934877.html