Decoding Payroll Codes

By Guest Blogger Adrian Hender 

In one of Brother Eric's Online Steward classes, he mentioned wanting people to share their FOIA results. 

My only FOIA to date is this list of payroll codes for Local 308 bargained for employees. There are a lot of them on our paychecks, and are a bit hard to understand at times. 

I've found that many of my coworkers don't really understand their paychecks, which makes them vulnerable to shortages. 

To combat this, I've encouraged my peers to track their hours with this Work Log app. It's free and easy to use. 

The paycheck "stub" or "payslip" CTA workers receive is often very confusing. 

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