private void populateEmployees() throws FileNotFoundException
    {
        File loc = new File(employeesPath);
        Scanner read = new Scanner(loc).useDelimiter(",");
        while (read.hasNext())
        {
            String firstName = read.next();
            String lastName = read.next();
            String age = read.next();
            String gender = read.next();
            String startDate = read.next();
            String currentEmployee = read.next();
            int totalHours = read.nextInt();
            String hourlyPay = read.nextLine();
            hourlyPay = hourlyPay.substring(1,hourlyPay.length() - 1);
            Employee employee = new Employee(firstName, lastName, age, gender, startDate, currentEmployee, totalHours, Double.parseDouble(hourlyPay));
            employees.add(employee);
        }
        read.close();
    }
While I did find a solution I'm still confused as to why String hourlyPay is getting a comma added to the beginning of its string. Anyone care to offer some insight on this?
 
    