Auditor Finds RPS Payroll & HR Issues

RTD has an article about the latest audit to hit the Richmond Public schools.

The Richmond school system’s payroll department is overstaffed but has been unable to detect overpayments, accurately track time off or collect money it is owed by employees, according to a report released yesterday by the schools’ internal auditor.

In addition, an audit of the system’s human resources department, also released yesterday, showed a department operating on the fringe, with out-of-date policies and procedures and ineffective management. Neither department has seen updated guidelines since the mid-1990s.

Local resident Jonathan Mallard sees this as a positive step, please go here to read his full opinion on the subject.

Still, I do take that as a step in the right direction, and given what has been published in this space, I must articulate such moves.