By Nina Baker
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Lilli Morrish `25 worked 42 hours as a Scarlet & Black staff writer in the fall semester. In September, she received paychecks from the College for the wages she earned during the first two pay periods. Then, in October, the College stopped paying her.
Morrish started sending emails to the payroll office and to her supervisor Ashley Adams, associate director of student involvement, to solve the problem. Morrish’s student supervisors at the S&B, editors in chief Abraham Teuber and Eva Hill (both `22) started sending Adams and the payroll office emails on her behalf.
But by December, Morrish was still not receiving payment by the College. Only in February 2022, after several rounds of emails with Adams and payroll technician Carrie Jones, did Morrish begin receiving payment for her new job as S&B arts editor. And on Tuesday, March 1, Morrish finally received $389.34 in back pay, more than five months after her first missed paycheck.
Morrish is not alone. The Scarlet & Black has documented cases not only affecting student workers within the paper staff but from Dining Services, KDIC, Grinnell College Press, the Bear and Research Assistant positions. Some student employees in each of these organizations have not received accurate or timely payment from the College, potentially violating Iowa Wage Payment Collection Law.
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