Payroll Scandal on Oprah
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August 17, 2007 – 9:47 am
There honestly haven’t been very many scandals on Oprah since the James Frey fiasco, but that’s about to change. One employee on Oprah’s payroll is filing for 800 hours of over time that she claims she put in between January and April of 2007, amounting up to a whopping $65,000.
The person in question, Carla Bird, filed the claim recently and it was discovered by accounting as well as human resources that she did indeed have the extra 800 hours.
Although 800 hours may sound like a lot for only a few months, Harpo’s chief executive says the claim is legitimate.
“Many of our employees contribute significant hours of overtime during our production season. This is quite common within the television industry,” Lisa Halliday told Page Six. “From January to April 2007, this employee legitimately accumulated approximately 800 hours of overtime.”
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