NW Indiana town pushing year’s last paycheck to 2022

PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — Local authorities employees successful an Indiana metropolis volition person to hold until adjacent twelvemonth to get their past paycheck for 2021.

Portage officials said they can’t screen paychecks connected Dec. 31. The wealth won’t beryllium disposable until Jan. 3.

Portage typically has 26 paydays a twelvemonth but has 27 this year.

Portage Clerk-Treasurer Nina Rivas said letting employees cognize sooner would person interrupted enactment successful her office, particularly for the payroll clerk.

Rivas says the clerk’s “phone blows up” erstwhile controversies erupt.

Former Mayor John Cannon is offering interest-free loans to metropolis workers until Jan. 4, particularly if they request wealth for automatic deductions from their slope accounts.