AZ Central
PHOENIX — Nearly 200 Phoenix firefighters will get $2.5 million in back wages to correct a payroll error that resulted in underpayment for as many as four years.
The Phoenix City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to spend the money, allowing the city to close the book on missteps that started in July 2010 during recession-era budget cuts. Human Resources Department employees had failed to adjust some employees’ salaries to match changes in the fire union’s contract, according to a city memo.
City leaders have widely panned the mistake, saying it should have been caught and corrected years earlier. One longtime councilwoman said she has never seen a personnel mix-up of this magnitude at City Hall.
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