Ironman Merchandise Workers in Redding - Unpaid Wages After Event

Apprently some local Redding employees from the Ironman70.3 race didn't get paid for their time From Redding Now Facebook page: 🚨🚨🚨 DID THE IRONMAN EVENT IN REDDING, CALIFORNIA SCAM THESE WORKERS?! 🚨🚨🚨 🖤 PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE POST. THESE LOCAL WORKERS DESERVE ANSWERS. 🖤 THIS STORY IS ABSOLUTELY UPSETTING. IRONMAN in Redding, California, seemed to be a huge success, and our community really embraced this event. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CONS OF THE IRONMAN EVENT AND THE LOCAL PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP BEHIND THE SCENES, WORKED THEIR SCHEDULED HOURS, AND WERE PROMISED THEY WOULD BE PAID? 🚨 IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION: The workers involved in this story are LOCAL Redding area people. The company personnel who came to set up and run the event came from the IRONMAN company in Tampa, Florida. This is NOT about our locally owned Redding businesses or local businesses that supported the event. I was brought attention to this situation by one of my incredible Redding NOW followers, Chelsea Reed, who worked the event. ✨ Chelsea Reed shares: ✨ «“We really had so much fun and absolutely loved working in the event. We just wanna be paid for the work that we put in. And we advertised for this event on our social medias, had family and friends come down to purchase items. It’s just not fair that we put on all this work and have nothing to show for it.”» There are approximately 12 workers that we currently know of who worked the IRONMAN merchandising tent at the Redding Civic Center by the finish line, and NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN PAID. ❌ The workers found a Facebook post with a link to sign up to work the IRONMAN event for $20 an hour. Once they signed up, they were contacted by HR employees to complete their onboarding paperwork through a UKG system. They entered their direct deposit information and were told they would be paid through direct deposit. The IRONMAN company sent people from their actual company in Tampa, Florida, to Redding to set up and run the event. There was a store manager named Justin who was in charge of the workers. Several of the workers worked their full schedule of 32.5 hours at $20 an hour. They were promised a paycheck no later than yesterday. YESTERDAY CAME. NO PAYCHECK. ❌💰 The workers tried to get answers, but say Justin wouldn't even provide them with a direct HR phone number. They eventually had to find the contact information themselves. They called the numbers they found but couldn't get anyone on the phone who could give them an actual answer. Eventually, they received a generic email saying there was an issue with the payroll system. Okay, payroll issues can happen. BUT WHEN ARE THEY GETTING PAID? They have no new payday, no timeframe and no clear explanation. Justin is now no longer responding to them regarding their unpaid wages, and that's incredibly frustrating. Most of these workers are single parents who took this job to earn additional income. Chelsea is one of those single moms. Her bank account is currently overdrawn, and she was really depending on this money to help support herself and her family. Her birthday is also this weekend, and she may have to cancel her plans because she's still waiting on money she was promised she would already have. 🖤 And she's not the only one affected. Several workers worked 32.5 hours at $20 an hour, which is $650 per worker. If all 12 workers worked the full schedule, that's approximately $7,800 collectively in wages. 💰 $7,800. That's money these local workers earned by showing up and doing the work they were hired to do. So if IRONMAN in Redding was such a huge success, why can't these workers simply be paid the money they earned? This isn't money they're asking for. THEY JUST WANT TO BE PAID. 📸 The workers have screenshots of their schedule, roster, hours worked, emails and text messages regarding their pay. THESE SCREENSHOTS ARE FROM THE ACTUAL WORKERS AND SHOW AN ONGOING SITUATION HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. Last names have been blurred out for privacy. There's also another worker named Tyler who received completely different information from one of the women helping run the event, who is also an IRONMAN manager. They have documentation and communication regarding that as well. At this point, the workers are starting to feel like they were scammed. But I want to be very clear: 🖤 THIS IS NOT ABOUT SAYING THE IRONMAN EVENT ITSELF WAS BAD FOR REDDING. I think the event was exciting. I think Redding embraced it. I think our community deserves opportunities like this. BUT A SUCCESSFUL EVENT SHOULD ALSO MEAN THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED IT ARE TREATED FAIRLY AND PAID FOR THEIR WORK. They're not asking for anything extra. THEY JUST WANT THE MONEY THEY WORKED HARD TO EARN. 💰 ⚠️ SO I'M ASKING IRONMAN PUBLICLY: 🚨 WHERE ARE THESE WORKERS' PAYCHECKS? ⏰ WHEN ARE THEY ACTUALLY GETTING PAID? ❓ WHY CAN'T ANYONE GIVE THEM A STRAIGHT ANSWER? If this is truly a payroll system issue, TELL THEM. If there is a date when they will be paid, TELL THEM. Please stop leaving people who worked this event wondering when or if they will receive the money they earned. These are real people. Real parents. Real families. Real bills. 🖤 And all they're asking for is what they were promised. 💰 THEIR PAYCHECKS. If you worked the IRONMAN merchandising tent in Redding, California, and still haven't been paid, please reach out to me. If you worked another IRONMAN position in Redding and had a similar experience, I want to hear from you too. 🚨🖤 PLEASE SHARE THIS POST SO WE CAN GET THE ATTENTION OF IRONMAN ITSELF AND HELP THESE WORKERS GET THE ANSWERS THEY DESERVE. 🖤🚨 Thank you so much for taking the time to read this. ❤️ I truly hope these workers get the money they earned and deserve. God bless. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0FvfUy5zschrvypeDP28vGw8pttEgStYdyq2hbCSLYp3mWxcH9nsGe4UUkDd8i88rl&id=61570642808118&mibextid=CDWPTG