and which required additional review.
Human resources contacted the affected employees to confirm their contact information and explain that the company was investigating the missed payments.
But the process moved slowly.
Payroll records were not simply a list of gross wages.
Each employee’s final payment depended on hours worked, applicable premiums, taxes, deductions, benefits, and any individual adjustments. A replacement file had to be accurate before it could be submitted.
Paying people quickly mattered.
Paying them incorrectly could create a second problem.
By midafternoon, Madison had managed to reconcile some
