Bank responds to payroll delay at Ohio hospital

BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO (WTRF) – After not being paid on Friday, employees at East Ohio Regional Hospital took to social media to voice their complaints and frustrations.

Administrator and Chief Operating Officer at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Bernie Albertini, issued a statement, saying the issue stemmed from Unified Bank.

Albertini stated in part, “Dear Team, I am writing to inform you of an update regarding this week’s payroll distribution. We encountered an issue with Unified Bank and it resulted in a delay in processing our wire transfer to the payroll company Paylocity.”

Don Feenerty, Marketing and Community Development Executive for Unified Bank released a statement on Monday, which states:

“Unified Bank has been made aware of the recent delay in payroll processing for East Ohio Regional Hospital. Unified Bank acknowledges that a one-time delay in processing a wire transfer request from East Ohio Regional Hospital on August 23, 2024 impacted the Hospital’s recent payroll delivery to some of their employees. Unified is currently working with East Ohio Regional Hospital’s administration to determine who was impacted by this delay. E.O.R.H. COO Bernie Albertini has instructed hospital employees who incur fees because of this delay to submit details to Rick Oliver in the E.O.R.H. HR Department. Unified is working diligently with E.O.R.H. to provide relief to any of their employees impacted by this matter.”

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