The state has a payroll problem. According to the Alaska Beacon, almost half of state payroll processing jobs are unfilled, causing some state employees’
: In some cases, it’s maybe $50, $60 . But there’s cases where people are missing hundreds of dollars, even thousands, and other cases where employees went weeks without being paid. And that, in turn, is contributing to turnover elsewhere in the state. The state’s already been struggling to hire and retain employees. And this appears to be exacerbating the problem, not just in the payroll department, but in all state agencies.: Wow, yeah, I hadn’t thought about that.
: And then, of course, in in the case of the state payroll employees, they’re represented by a particular union, and the the union isn’t happy about this situation, right? I mean, what did they have to say?: Yeah, the union business manager, Jeff Kasper, was pretty frank. When he was talking with me, he said that this is a problem of management, that managers, executives in the state, have not been doing enough to increase wages and benefits to stay competitive.
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