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Payroll error corrected: district refunds classified employees for unintended PERS deduction
Summary
Business manager reported a payroll configuration error left classified employees paying a 6% PERS share for a full year; the district recalculated, returned funds for the current year, and adjusted budget buckets to reflect the district picking up that 6% per the 2023 contract.
The board reviewed a recently discovered payroll issue affecting classified staff retirement contributions. The business manager said historical contract language and a payroll conversion to the ESD led to a configuration error that caused employees to pay 6% they should not have borne.
"They were not supposed to be currently paying their PERS... 6% of it is automatically put in by the district," the business manager said. She explained she corrected the current year's payroll and issued adjustments and backup pay records to affected employees, moving the district's budgeted 6% to the appropriate payroll buckets.
Board members thanked the business manager for the quick turnaround. The district stated the correction will require no additional employee vote because the MOU already specified the district would cover the 6% and the pay adjustment was an administrative correction; the board discussed the transaction as an internal budget reallocation rather than a new compensation decision.
