'Why is the salary doubled...' Cheongju school staff of over 6,000 face double payment payroll mishap

March Salary of 18 Billion Won Transferred Twice

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-ju] The Cheongju Office of Education mistakenly paid double salaries to its staff but later recovered the overpaid amounts.

According to the Cheongju Office of Education on the 17th, an incident occurred where approximately 18 billion won in March salaries was transferred twice to about 6,000 staff members on the same day.

The double payment was reportedly due to a communication issue between the education office staff and an employee at NongHyup Bank, the education fund bank.

After confirming the situation, the institutions later recovered the duplicated one-month salary from the employees' accounts.

However, about 20 staff members had already withdrawn their salaries.

It was reported that these individuals returned the one-month salary after being contacted by the education office.

The Cheongju Office of Education stated, "There was a communication problem with the NongHyup employee, which caused the mistake of transferring salaries twice. All duplicated payments have been recovered."

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