Employees at a Kingston long-term care home have taken their concerns to the streets after they say their employer has not been able to give them proper paycheques for months.
According to the union representing the workers, since April, when Extendicare Kingston began a new payroll software, WorkDay, employees have repeatedly been missing out on full pay.
“Many thousands of dollars are owed to these very hard-working, healthcare workers,” the union said in a statement.
The local said it has been working with Extendicare for the last four months, offering several extensions on a deadline to pay their employees. Still, the union says the long-term care home has not paid its workers in full.
The information picket line began Tuesday. Workers are not out on strike as of yet, but are out on the street on their time off trying to inform the public of their concerns.
When reached Friday morning, Extendicare Kingston said it was “in dialogue with the union.”
Friday afternoon, management at the long-term care home said that although the new system has not affected pay for regular hours, it has affected payment of “vacation, premiums and/or overtime hours,” for a group of its employees.
“Any pay discrepancy for our teams is below the standard we hold ourselves to, and we unreservedly apologize to the affected staff for any inconvenience this has caused,” the statement from Extendicare said.
Management said it’s actively looking for a solution to this error and will continue to be in touch with the union as it does.