Payroll problems continue for City of Norfolk employees

TOMORROW MORNING ON WAVY NEWS
10 TODAY BEGINNING AT 4:30.
ALSO TONIGHT, A LOCAL CITY
FACING A MONEY MESS.
PAYROLL PROBLEMS PLAGUING
NORFOLK ALL OVER A SWITCH TO A
NEW PAYROLL SYSTEM.
THE CITY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
SHAKING ISSUES WITH CITY
WORKERS' PAYCHECKS.
ANITA: WEEKS AFTER THE CITY
BEGAN A NEW PAYROLL SYSTEM,
CHECKS STILL AREN'T COMING OUT
RIGHT.
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEIR
OVERTIME HAS BEEN MISSING FOR
SEVERAL CYCLES.
WE CONTINUE THIS COVERAGE.
REPORTER: A MONEY MESS FOR
SURE.
THE MONEY AND PAYCHECKS HASN'T
BEEN RIGHT FOR TWO PAY PERIODS
IN JANUARY.
AND FRIDAY WE WILL SEE IF
FEBRUARY BRINGS GOOD NEWS.
BUT EVEN NORFOLK'S INTERIM CITY
MANAGER, ADMITS, DON'T COUNT ON
IT.
I HEAR THAT THEY'RE SAYING
THAT EMPLOYEES ARE ALL BEING
PAID.
BUT THEY'RE NOT BEING PAID
CORRECTLY.
REPORTER: THAT'S WHAT JANE
BETHEL, PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, HAS BEEN
TOLD BY HER UNION MEMBERS.
IT'S CAUSING A LOT OF
STRESS.
WHEN YOU CAN'T PAY YOUR
MORTGAGE AND WHEN YOUR CREDIT'S
BEING DAMAGED, THAT'S VERY
STRESSFUL.
AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR
CHECK IS GOING TO BE LIKE.
REPORTER: IN PART DUE TO THAT,
BETHEL SAYS HER MEMBERS HAVE
BEEN DAMAGED BY STRESS AND
PAYMENTS MISSED.
THE GENERAL EMPLOYEE UNION
IS SEARCHING FOR AN ATTORNEY
THAT WANTS TO DO A CLASS ACTION
LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY FOR
THE DAMAGES.
REPORTER: BETHEL TOLD US SOME
OF HER MEMBERS SAY THEY ARE
ALSO SOMETIMES UNFAIRLY MARKED
TARDY DUE TO THE NEW PAYROLL
SYSTEM.
THERE'S SO MANY EMPLOYEES
NOW THAT ARE BEING WRITTEN UP
FOR BEING TARDY.
SO THEY MIGHT BE STANDING IN
LINE TO LOG INTO THE COMPUTER
SYSTEM AND THEY DON'T GET IN IN
TIME.
SO THEN THEY'RE BEING
WRITTEN
UP FOR BEING TARDY.
IT'S KIND OF A CATCH-22.
REPORTER: THE CITY TOLD US
THERE'S A SEVEN-MINUTE CLOCK IN
AND OUT GRACE PERIOD.
THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION TOLD US
EVERYONE HAS BEEN PAID
SOMETHING.
BUT OVERTIME AND SPECIAL PAY
REMAIN ISSUES.
MANY MEMBERS HAVE PAYROLL
ISSUES.
THERE'S NOT ONE PERSON THAT
DIDN'T RECEIVE A CHECK.
AND SOME PEOPLE WERE OVERPAID
AND SOME PEOPLE WERE UNDERPAID.
THAT THE CITY HAS EXPEDITED
PEOPLE THAT WERE UNDERPAID TO
CUT THEM CHECKS.
REPORTER: THE CITY OF NORFOLK
ASSURED US ALL WORKERS WILL BE
MADE WHOLE BY THE TIME THE
KINKS ARE WORKED OUT OF THIS
SYSTEM.
JANE BETHEL SAYS SHE ISN'T THAT

Payroll problems continue for City of Norfolk employees

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