The City of Greensboro changed the way it pays its 3,297 employees in 2023.
Through Dec. 28, 2022, the City of Greensboro paid its employees twice a month, or 24 times a year. But beginning this month the city shifted that pay period to every other week, or 26 times a year.
The first pay period to be covered by this new schedule ran from Dec. 28 to Jan. 10.
There were a number of protests from employees about the new pay schedule, because the result is that the bi-weekly paychecks are smaller than semi-monthly paychecks. In the end, the change in the pay schedule has no effect on the amount employees are paid each year, but it does change when they receive that money. Under the bi-weekly pay schedule, two months during the year employees will receive three paychecks. One issue brought up by employees is that most bills need to be paid monthly. So for employees living paycheck to paycheck, receiving less money 10 months out of the year can cause problems.
City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba sent out a message to city employees informing them of the steps the city has taken to lessen the hardship of the switch to the bi-weekly pay schedule.
Jaiyeoba stated, “One, the City has absorbed the cost of the increase in health premiums for the calendar year 2023.
“Two, accelerate the 4% pay increase for all employees originally anticipated in the FY-22-23 budget in May 2023. This pay increase will now become effective as of February 8th with the initial allocation in the February 24th paychecks. Thanks to our Councilmembers, especially Mayor Vaughan and Councilwoman Abuzuaiter for their guidance on this effort.”
The City Council voted to pay the additional healthcare premium costs with general fund money freed up by dumping the $59.4 in American Rescue Plan money into the general fund.
Because of that additional $59.4 million, plus the property tax increase of close to 30 percent, the city coffers are unusually full.
The employees get a 4% raise and the manager gets $20,000. Wow!
Lol…Sadly another typical SNAFU.
Our city and county democratic leaders have historically spent money they have now and never think about the cost in the future. All these raises, health insurance premiums paid for and increases in employee count is going to bite us citizens in the back side with extremely high taxes. But I guess all of you wanted this because you voted all these democrats into office. I hope you enjoy all of this both now and in the future. It’s been interesting watching these leaders dig themselves and the citizens this huge hole!!!
Guilford County School did the same for their lowest paid employees (non-exempt). They went from getting paid monthly to bi-weekly.
There is no free money.
ARPA funds are federal tax dollars. I believe those had specific guidelines on their use. They never should have been given out in the 1st place, but democrats are determined to bankrupt us all well into the next century. How is it proper to dump it into the general fund?
Also, how the heck did Guilford County overspend ARPA funds so badly that they hit the departments up to cover the failure. My understanding is this was to the tune of millions, not just a few dollars.
We get taxed for every raise we get so after taxes that 9% raise is really about 5% I been here 20 years and I like my job But I’m starting to for Employment elsewhere
It’s time to start the removal of queen nancy, johnson, wells and hightower from office. There’s a process to do it several cities across America have done it recently and more have started the process
I was hoping to have a nice weekend. Read this, and now it is back to the restroom for more vaseline. Tired of bending over for the city, it’s rulers and the minority that benefit.
I’ve been paid biweekly, weekly, monthly, and also twice monthly (15th & 30th). I liked the bi-weekly best since it lets you have 3 pay checks in two months in the calendar year. Once you learn how to manage your expenses with bi-weekly pay, the months when you get that extra pay check is great!