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Committee pauses proposed payroll holdback, asks finance to study prepayment option and revisit after budget
Summary
The committee discussed holding back one week of pay for departing employees to reduce costs, raised Department of Labor compliance concerns, and asked finance to analyze prepayment alternatives and report back after the budget is closed.
The Sumner County Budget Committee discussed proposed changes to payroll mechanics that would withhold one week of pay to limit payout costs when employees leave, and instructed the finance director to run detailed analyses and bring options back after the county closes its books.
Finance staff told the committee the proposed holdback could cost the county about "possibly up to…
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