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Employees press board on UKG timekeeping costs and pay-step discrepancies; staff to respond with analysis
Summary
Community and union representatives urged the board to address a problematic UKG timekeeping rollout and long-standing salary‑placement differences that left some long‑tenured staff behind peers hired from other districts; staff said they will deliver a detailed response within days.
Jordan Thomas, executive vice president of Red River United, told the Caddo Parish School Board on May 27 that the district’s UKG timekeeping system cost "around a $400,000 initial setup, $200,000 annually" and has not functioned as intended, contributing to employee grievances.
"It has never done what was intended to do and is being revisited due to employee grievances," Thomas said during the public‑comment portion of the budget work session and asked the board…
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