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In the US, a number of Honda of America employees continue to experience issues receiving correct paycheques more than a fortnight after the company switched to a new payroll processing firm, News Center 7 reports.
The Honda workers had hoped the payroll issues would be cleared up with the January 27 payroll cycle, however, for many that was not the case. A number have been impacted by ongoing payroll problems and don’t believe the company is acting fast enough to resolve them.
“Morale has definitely been a little shaky it’s been down,” a Honda worker, who wished to remain anonymous, told News Center 7′s I-Team.
Over the last two weeks, a number of workers have reportedly contacted News Center 7 and said they are waiting for back pay owed following mistakes on the January 13 Honda pay cycle.
A second Honda worker told News Center 7′s Mike Campbell that there have been three separate payroll issues in the last year and that the problems of the last few weeks were the third such incident.
The worker reportedly claims the company’s time system went down early in 2022, costing many workers a considerable amount of money. Then, in the middle of the year, the company mistakenly overpaid large bonuses to many workers and then forced them to reimburse Honda.
“They still owe some of these people back pay that they’re asking for their money back,” the second employee said.
That worker said such issues are leading to frustration and workers are now exploring their options. Honda is non-union and one of the workers News Center 7 spoke with said he didn’t think a union was the answer, however, a lawyer or some legal advice might be.
According to News Center 7, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division said, “Employers must keep employee time and pay records.” The division said its mission is to, “Ensure that workers in this country are paid properly and for all the hours they work.”
Honda assured workers they will be paid all the money owned in a final reconciliation, in a statement sent to News Center 7. Honda said it is working to fix system errors and “remain committed to correcting any errors quickly as possible and are also working to explain to [their] associated the changes to bi-weekly pay and how those checks will look.”
Source: News Center 7
(Quotes via original reporting)
In the US, a number of Honda of America employees continue to experience issues receiving correct paycheques more than a fortnight after the company switched to a new payroll processing firm, News Center 7 reports.
The Honda workers had hoped the payroll issues would be cleared up with the January 27 payroll cycle, however, for many that was not the case. A number have been impacted by ongoing payroll problems and don’t believe the company is acting fast enough to resolve them.
“Morale has definitely been a little shaky it’s been down,” a Honda worker, who wished to remain anonymous, told News Center 7′s I-Team.
Over the last two weeks, a number of workers have reportedly contacted News Center 7 and said they are waiting for back pay owed following mistakes on the January 13 Honda pay cycle.
A second Honda worker told News Center 7′s Mike Campbell that there have been three separate payroll issues in the last year and that the problems of the last few weeks were the third such incident.
The worker reportedly claims the company’s time system went down early in 2022, costing many workers a considerable amount of money. Then, in the middle of the year, the company mistakenly overpaid large bonuses to many workers and then forced them to reimburse Honda.
“They still owe some of these people back pay that they’re asking for their money back,” the second employee said.
That worker said such issues are leading to frustration and workers are now exploring their options. Honda is non-union and one of the workers News Center 7 spoke with said he didn’t think a union was the answer, however, a lawyer or some legal advice might be.
According to News Center 7, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division said, “Employers must keep employee time and pay records.” The division said its mission is to, “Ensure that workers in this country are paid properly and for all the hours they work.”
Honda assured workers they will be paid all the money owned in a final reconciliation, in a statement sent to News Center 7. Honda said it is working to fix system errors and “remain committed to correcting any errors quickly as possible and are also working to explain to [their] associated the changes to bi-weekly pay and how those checks will look.”
Source: News Center 7
(Quotes via original reporting)