Air America Radio Scandel: Payroll Checks Delayed
The Radio Equalizer has A Close Call.
Just how bad are workplace conditions for Air America staffers?
Perhaps far worse than we’d previously thought.
It’s bad enough the company is generating fresh bad publicity almost daily, over the diverted $875,000 in taxpayer funds intended for a Bronx-based community service organization.
Now, to make matters worse, an internal memo obtained by the Radio Equalizer indicates Air America Radio employees faced late paychecks just over a week ago.
They were apparently stunned to receive a last-minute notice sent at 5:09pm Thursday, July 28th, indicating direct deposits would not be made Friday, as expected.
Written by company Vice President/Finance Sinohe Terrero (this article confims Terrero’s corporate role), it inferred the payroll processing company was to blame:
We have been advised by ADP that Direct Deposit will probably not post until Monday. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cost (sic). If you have any questions please feel free to call me.
Sinohe Terrero
VP Finance
Perhaps Al Franken and some of the highly paid hosts should defer some of their salaries so Air America can make its payroll for its staff.
And how will they make interest free payments to Gloria Wise?
Is bankruptcy far away?
The blogosphere is abuzz with this story.
Camedwards has Air America Payroll Problems?
Brian Maloney reports Air America’s recent payroll problems.
This isn’t necessarily a sign of a company in financial trouble, but considering the staff has already had to work without paychecks for several weeks back in 2004, and Lizz Winstead has recently sued Air America.
Winstead claims that she’s owed $200,000 of her $250,00 annual salary, plus $83,333 in severance pay, $14,423.08 in unused vacation time and $5,960.55 that she says the network pocketed from her on-air ads for the Vermont Teddy Bear Company.
Again, I don’t know that this is indicative of the financial status of Air America, but if I were a liberal talk show host there’s no way I could work there. Not when Ed Schultz and Stephanie Miller seem to be doing all right for themselves without being on the payroll of the network.
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