LA committee orders urgent review after firefighters report repeated payroll errors from Workday transition

The Personnel and Hiring Committee of the Los Angeles City Council held a special meeting to address mounting payroll problems at the Los Angeles Fire Department after multiple members and union leaders said sworn firefighters continue to receive incorrect paychecks following the city’s Workday payroll transition.

The meeting, convened by Committee Chair Councilmember Kevin McOsker, centered on a set of seven issue categories the union provided and on the immediate, short-term and long-term resources needed to correct pay errors. "All we want is for this to be fixed," said Chung Ho, a director with United Firefighters of Los Angeles City, summarizing union testimony.

Why it matters: Firefighters said payroll mistakes have left some members without promised overtime, retroactive contractual increases and even with large inappropriate deductions. Union speakers described missing sick and vacation accruals, an incorrect $1,000 deduction applied to many members, and individual cases with six-figure payment gaps. "If you add this conservative number up of just 3,000 members ... that's a $3,000,000 kept from our members," said Ryan…