Employees at Howmet Aerospace in Niles are facing uncertainty as they weigh the potential effects of a forced payment plan, brought on by an error the company made, overpaying it’s workers more than $10,000 in profit-sharing checks between 2025 and this year.
“Just a bad situation and it’s causing a lot of stress,” Brandy Cowger, lab technician at Howmet Aerospace said. “Thanksgiving week the deduction will come out, it’s about 66 percent of my paycheck they will take. I will not be able to afford my house payment, my car payment, gas to get to work, food on my table, let alone Christmas presents,” she said.
Questions are being raised on if this is legal, employees also want evidence that they truly owe this money.
“That’s all we’re asking for is proof that we actually owe it and maybe a little bit more time to pay it instead of taking us down to minimum wage, stressing us all out our families and everything. Give us more time to pay. You paid it over 18 months but you want it back right now,” Cowger said.
Some employees wanted to remain anonymous but say the work they do is too important to go without proper compensation…