Lighthouse Immersive said employees will see sick hours as of Dec. 30, blaming payroll software for the error. Employees estimated to have missed $11k in sick time.
MINNEAPOLIS — For months, employees working the Immersive Van Gogh exhibit in Minneapolis were not accruing sick and safe hours, a mandate by Minneapolis city ordinance.
This led to an estimated $11,200 in lost accrued sick hours, according to former manager at the exhibit, Quang-Minh Tran.
Parent company Lighthouse Immersive, just hours after being contacted for this story on December 21, messaged its Minneapolis employees to say the sick and safe hours will be added in future paychecks and its working to abide by Minneapolis city ordinance. On December 31, the company told its employees they can access their sick hours with the next paycheck.
Any former employee, along with current employees, who is owed sick time from missed work can claim a check after January 7, according to Lighthouse.
“We feel bad about this, as soon as we became aware of it we tried to rectify the situation as quickly as we could, working with Paylocity,” a spokesperson with Lighthouse said.
Three employees with the company told KARE 11 their requests go back weeks, with little response from higher management until the issue was made public.
Lighthouse Immersive, however, told KARE 11 the issue dragged on due to software complications by its payroll company, Paylocity.
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