BLADE STAFF WRITER
The Blade
Published: Tuesday, 12/15/2015 - Updated: 5 hours ago
An ongoing payroll dispute at Toledo Public Schools led to a lawsuit filed today by the Toledo Federation of Teachers against the board of education.
The lawsuit, filed in Lucas County Common Pleas Court and assigned to Judge Gene Zmuda, alleges that the school district’s payroll system, used to process payroll for teachers and paraprofessionals, has incurred numerous errors. Some federation members have not been paid for all the hours they’ve worked, have not been paid for wages earned during a pay period, and have been overpaid and had that amount “and more” withdrawn from future paychecks without notice, according to the eight-page suit.
The SunGuard system has been in use for payroll processing since the summer, the suit states. Labor unions, including the federation, have brought concerns to the school board repeatedly in recent months.
TPS Treasurer Ryan Stechschulte said the district has been working with SunGuard to correct the errors, work he said will continue with an aim to rectify the problems "as quickly as possible."
He added that the district is appreciative of the patience of employees.
He said the largest concentration of payroll mistakes affect those employees with supplemental and extra duty pay.
SunGuard has personnel on site in Toledo working with TPS' human resources department to address issues, he said.
The lawsuit states that the district “has failed to remedy the situation” involving various teachers, who were not paid all of their earned wages.
The federation is asking the court to find that the district violated state law and to require TPS to pay owed wages, damages, attorney fees and costs, as well as any other legal or equitable relief.
The president of the federation could not be reached immediately for comment.
Contact Vanessa McCray at: vmccray@theblade.com, 419-724-6065, or on Twitter @vanmccray.
Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2015/12/15/Teachers-union-sues-TPS-over-payroll-problems.html#1fDtCfZET2kdQhDq.99
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