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Union leader and employees say new Oracle payroll rollout left district staff unpaid; district pledges fixes
Summary
A union representative told the Rochester Board of Education that the district's July 2 Oracle ERP launch caused delayed and missing paychecks and incorrect retirement deductions; district leaders apologized, outlined triage steps and said off‑cycle payments and manual checks will be used while problems are resolved.
Angelo Palmerini, president of BENTE Local 2419, told the Rochester Board of Education on July 31 that the district’s July 2 switchover to an Oracle payroll and human‑resources platform has left some employees without timely pay and has produced errors in timekeeping and retirement deductions. "RCSD has spent $46,600,000 on consultants to implement Oracle Fusion," Palmerini said, calling the rollout a "complete mess" and describing delayed direct deposits, time entries that did not process and retirement contributions treated post‑tax instead of pre‑tax.
The district acknowledged the disruption. Chief of Human Capital (Chief Miller) apologized and said the transition…
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