2008 Woodie Awards
Profs' paychecks arrive late or wrong
Sarah Sole, Editor-in-Chief
Issue date: 6/5/08 Section: News
About 341 faculty members received delayed or incorrect salaries Friday due to a system error, leading the faculty union to try to impose a penalty on the administration in hopes that paychecks will be accurate and timely.
The Youngstown State University Chapter of the Ohio Education Association, which represents the faculty, filed a grievance requesting 5 percent interest on the gross paycheck amount. They also requested 5 percent interest to YSU-OEA for late transfer of union dues, and an explanation about why Union dues for April 2008 weren't transmitted.
Faculty members initially received zero dollars, and after Payroll ran a supplemental pay, federal tax wasn't withheld, said Gene Grilli, vice president for finance and administration.
The administration will respond to the grievance within 10 days, Grilli said.
Grilli said the university will run a full diagnosis to identify problems in the Banner system. Employees will most likely be able to take their own action regarding the tax discrepancy, Grilli added, though his office will work with faculty members who experience problems.
The faculty involved were on a 24-pay schedule which spread out their salary over the summer, and this 19th pay was the initial time the first of the deferred payroll would've been paid through Banner, Grilli said.
Grilli also sent faculty a memo May 29 explaining that they will most likely experience a one day banking delay on their salaries and apologizing for the inconvenience. Faculty received salary on Friday, he said.
Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, chair of the faculty grievance committee for YSU-OEA, said the union's position holds that the issue is a systematic problem concerning high levels of administration, rather than a glitch in the system.
While some faculty received pay without taxes withheld, still others received pay that was considerably less than the correct amount, said Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, chair of the faculty grievance committee for YSU-OEA.
The Youngstown State University Chapter of the Ohio Education Association, which represents the faculty, filed a grievance requesting 5 percent interest on the gross paycheck amount. They also requested 5 percent interest to YSU-OEA for late transfer of union dues, and an explanation about why Union dues for April 2008 weren't transmitted.
Faculty members initially received zero dollars, and after Payroll ran a supplemental pay, federal tax wasn't withheld, said Gene Grilli, vice president for finance and administration.
The administration will respond to the grievance within 10 days, Grilli said.
Grilli said the university will run a full diagnosis to identify problems in the Banner system. Employees will most likely be able to take their own action regarding the tax discrepancy, Grilli added, though his office will work with faculty members who experience problems.
The faculty involved were on a 24-pay schedule which spread out their salary over the summer, and this 19th pay was the initial time the first of the deferred payroll would've been paid through Banner, Grilli said.
Grilli also sent faculty a memo May 29 explaining that they will most likely experience a one day banking delay on their salaries and apologizing for the inconvenience. Faculty received salary on Friday, he said.
Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, chair of the faculty grievance committee for YSU-OEA, said the union's position holds that the issue is a systematic problem concerning high levels of administration, rather than a glitch in the system.
While some faculty received pay without taxes withheld, still others received pay that was considerably less than the correct amount, said Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, chair of the faculty grievance committee for YSU-OEA.
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