The Los Angeles Unified School District has given employees who were overpaid because of payroll glitches an additional week to pay the money back. More than $53 million was overpaid to 32,000 teachers, counselors and other certified employees this year during a payroll fiasco that will cost the district more than $130 million to fix.
Employees must notify the district by Friday (Dec. 7) about how they want to proceed. Instead of needing to pay the money back by Monday, (Dec. 10) they have until Dec. 17.
To lower the number of contested payments, the district agreed to forgive errors of $250 or less. Employees who pay by the deadline receive a $250 credit.
An agreement with unions allows LAUSD to collect overpayments of $200 or less from this month’s check. About 15,750 more employees have unresolved issues. About 60 percent of the 10,000 people who responded to the district agreed to pay the amount calculated, David Holmquist, the district’s interim chief operating officer, told the Los Angeles Times.
About 2,400 others are contesting the district claims and refusing to pay some or all of the amounts demanded, he said. In early 2008, employees will need to seek refunds for themselves from tax agencies.
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