Dallas County Elections Administrator Michael Scarpello confirmed that some people who worked the polls at early voting centers for the May election have not...
The county updated its Oracle financial management system to a new version and shut down the old version April 20. Once the Oracle system updated, there were problems. The financial system and Kronos Workforce Central Solution System’s time card programs no longer worked cohesively.Scarpello said he didn’t know how many people were affected. County auditor Darryl Thomas did not respond to a request for comment.
More than 200 deputies and detention officers also were missing paychecks last week, and many more received incorrect amounts. Sgt. Christopher Dyer, president of the Dallas County Sheriff’s Association,said Douglas Huff, the president of the Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Some are owed over $50,000 in back pay.Pay for people who worked on May 6 was unaffected by the payroll problems.
“Their payments were ready within 10 days of the election, as opposed to traditionally 28 to 30 days,” Scarpello said. “This way is more convenient for poll workers.”
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