February 28, 2023
The City of Philadelphia and its municipal employees union asked a Pennsylvania federal court to sign off on a settlement to end claims that the city's rollout of a new payroll system led to Fair Labor Standards Act violations.
July 12, 2021
A union representing Philadelphia sanitation workers pushed Monday to keep a lawsuit aimed at recouping wages and overtime lost to an allegedly faulty new payroll system out of arbitration, arguing that the dispute did not involve the city's obligations under the workers' contract.
June 15, 2021
The city of Philadelphia has asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to toss a proposed collective action by a sanitation workers union alleging that issues with the city's payroll system cost workers wages and overtime, saying the case concerns issues that belong in arbitration.
April 01, 2021
A Philadelphia payroll system for city employees has caused problems since its implementation and consistently shorted sanitation workers on regular and overtime wages, an American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees local claimed in a lawsuit Thursday in Pennsylvania federal court.