Accountant General’s Dept. Pay Advisory
[Updated] The Accountant General’s Department issued a pay advisory saying: “In accordance with an advisory to Government payroll administrators yesterday, the Accountant General’s Department has advised all employees that the monthly pay day for September 2012 payroll is today, Friday, September 28th, 2012, which is the last working day of the month and banks have received the necessary information for processing the funds in each person’s account.
“HSBC account holders will have access to funds as of 12pm today. BNTB and Capital G account holders will have access to funds as of 3pm today. The Accountant General’s Department apologies for any inconvenience experienced.”
Update 6.43pm: President of the Bermuda Public Services Union, Kevin Grant issued a statement to members saying, “We are pleased to report that members are reporting their funds are in their accounts. Please check your accounts ASAP.
“We have expressed your frustrations to the Head of the Civil Service regarding this matter and have encouraged a review of the process to ensure this does not happen going forward. Thank you for your patience.”
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I guess the bank overdraft to Government was a little late coming through.
“The Accountant General’s Department apologies for any inconvenience experienced.”
I thought Col. Burch was going to introduce an English language competency test. Maybe that was just for expats.
Rumour is that Paula’s been out taking short term loans again …
Rumour is wrong!
Because its called an ‘overdraft’ not a loan.
Still no Pay 3pm my R@$$ !!!! Dont say something and its not gonna happen. WAY PISSED OFF !!!
HEAR YE, HEAR YE!! DE ACKONOMIC RECOVREE HAS BEEGON!!
I SAYEED; DE ACKONOMIC RECOVREEE HAS BEEGON!!!!
*Realtor says condo prices plunged 29% this year
*Hamilton has enough empty office space for 4,000 workers
*Devonshire Industries’ profit slumps
This is one of the many signs of a business going under, holding the staffs pay til the last minute. This is a scary situation!
I served on a jury 4 months ago. Still waiting on Govt to pay me for that. 4months! I am beginning to think I should just wait 4 months before paying my land tax and see how Govt likes it.
over a year ago here, i’ve given up ever getting my few pennies…
Remember when BF&M suspended their dental insurance?
The situation is MUCH worse now.
It is now 7:10pm – I STILL do not have my pay!!!!!!!!! So much for 3. Pm time frame!!!!!!!!!
I’ll bet they’re never late paying their Amex travel bills.
It’s scary how stupid some of these comments are. It is so easy for a payroll to be late, as there are so many moving parts to ensure it gets it done on time. I believe most people had their money by the end of day on the 28th… CRISIS AVERTED. Geesh!
“most people” just doesn’t cut it.
And “end of the day” is useless when you have to pay rent, Belco, utility bills etc. The banks won’t let you pay your bills until they see that government payroll transfer actually in the account. If the funds don’t get there until long after the bank has closed for the day, that’s not much good. Now they’re going to be hit with late payment fees because they couldn’t get their bills paid on time.
Try making your payroll tax return a bit late and see how forgiving government is. meh… you’ve probably never run a business, you know, where things actually have to be paid on time.
Why is it the plp seem to stumble from one crisis to the next?
….because they’re the PLP!
To clarify… Family man… I have never lived from paycheck to paycheck and I therefore ensure I have a cash cushion in the event that anything goes wrong. e.g. late payroll. I understand that this is not everyone’s situation, obviously, but my point is that errors happen, mistakes happen, delays happen and this situation was clearly all of the above.