could not honestly promise that every worker would see the money at the exact same moment.
But for the first time, it had a reliable view of the outstanding obligations and a process for addressing them.
At 3:40 p.m., the payroll supervisor handed me the latest reconciliation report.
I checked the totals.
Then I checked them again.
The employee-level amounts matched the validated source records for the group ready for release.
I signed the consulting review section confirming that I had completed the agreed review—not authorizing payment, which