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Local firefighters tell council of repeated payroll errors; union requests transfer of payroll to city administration
Summary
A union representative said firefighters and paramedics experienced repeated payroll errors and asked the council to transfer fire-department payroll processes to city administration.
A representative for Local 4416 told the Westfield Common Council that firefighters and paramedics have experienced repeated payroll errors since January 2025 and asked that payroll for the fire department be transferred to city administration.
Ryan Heron told the council that union members have experienced multiple errors "including 457 plan contribution errors, health savings account contribution errors, dental and insurance premium errors, several instances where members did not receive their earned compensation via direct deposit and were later issued paper checks," and that the union…
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