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Fire Department payroll fixes continue; city to test NSS replacements and keep retro payments moving
Summary
LAFD officials told the council committee that overtime retro payments totaling about $5.9 million were issued March 19 and further batches are pending. The committee directed staff to proceed with a bake‑off of scheduling solutions to replace the Network Staffing System (NSS) and held the matter for follow‑up.
Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) officials and city technology and payroll partners updated a council committee on ongoing payroll problems tied to Workday implementation and the department’s legacy Network Staffing System (NSS). The committee received the report and held the item for a future meeting while staff continue retro payments and a planned evaluation of NSS replacements.
Emilio Rodriguez, Administrative Services Bureau, LAFD, said an initial batch of retro overtime payments paid March 19 reached approximately 3,400 members for about $5.9 million. Rodriguez said follow‑up batches are being processed for the May 14 payroll and that ongoing reconciliations require manual work to align historical timekeeping, NSS data and Workday labor rates.
Information Technology Agency (ITA) project lead Ed Magos said the…
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