Committee hears update on LAFD payroll errors; orders two-week report

City Controller staff, Los Angeles Fire Department officials and city technology and personnel leaders on Tuesday updated a council committee on a series of payroll problems affecting Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) employees following the city’s transition to Workday and ordered a written report in two weeks on short‑term status, recommended positions and a proposed technology fix.

The issues matter because firefighters and other LAFD employees have seen incorrect or delayed pay, missed bonuses and mistaken deductions; the committee emphasized both immediate corrections and longer‑term staffing and technology solutions to prevent repeat errors.

City Controller staff told the committee the office and other agencies identified seven primary issues linked to the recent MOU 23 changes and the Workday implementation, and provided status updates on each. “This is a priority 1 item, meaning that this is, we're working on this, as as 1 of our highest priorities, and it's in progress,” the City Controller’s office said when describing work on retroactive pay tied to MOU 23. Controller staff said Workday provided a retro analysis and that LAFD payroll review will take an estimated two to three pay periods before corrections can be loaded into payroll.

Controller staff summarized the seven issues as: (1) MOU 23 retroactive payments (in progress; Workday has produced a retro report and LAFD payroll review is underway); (2) overtime rate adjustments and a planned integration/configuration improvement to automate future retroactive updates (integration work estimated to begin Feb. 10); (3) excess pension contributions (controller’s office reported no known issues after review); (4) voluntary pension…