Payroll-Service Provider Mistakenly Doubles Up on Deposits

Duplicate wage-payment deposits to some employee bank accounts were inadvertently processed Sept. 26 by a large payroll-service provider, resulting in workers receiving funds from more than one paycheck.

Ceridian HCM Inc. experienced a service problem that resulted in duplicated payroll file instructions, said Teri Murphy, a spokeswoman for the Minneapolis company. The duplicate payments to direct-deposit accounts were made to an undisclosed number of U.S. customers that had a Sept. 27 pay date.

“While most employees did not notice any effect, some U.S. customers’ employees may have seen duplicate payroll deposits or pending transactions in their accounts,” Murphy said in ...