Finder Wants Permission Every time File is moved on Server (issue with multiple users)

The Situation: I have a team of seven coworkers that uses a file structure on a server to move job folders from the 'active jobs' folder to "coworker x's" folder and then to a "waiting" folder once the job has been completed. Pretty much just moving folders into different folders. Seems pretty simple.
The Problem: At times, some folders will not move from one folder to another, and a message pops up asking "Finder wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this" and then it shows my computer's name and asks for a password. Now if typing in the password meant that the file would be moved, I would be fine with it, but when I type in my password in and accepts it, it does nothing! Like I said, there are seven of us that are using this system, and everyone has the same issue with the same folders, it is not like one person can move it and another cannot. To make it even harder to define where the issue is coming from: if you go back after a few minutes / hours, the folder will randomly be able to move with no issue. If you take the files out of the folder, you can move them, and when you move the now empty folder, it will gladly move into any folder, but when the files remain in the folder it asks for the password. And in some cases, folders that were just made and are empty have the same issue, which leads me to believe that this issue is not a result of the contents of the folder, but something else.
It is seemingly impossible to nail down the cause of our dilemma so I have come here in hopes of a great break through. The worst part is is that we are not doing anything that difficult, we are simply moving folders around. This is a windows based server, that might be important. Also, some of us are running Mavericks and others are still on Snow Leopard. Thank you for any information you might have! ( I have already tried the boot in recovery, resetpassword trick with no luck >_< )

If we're going to fix this, we will have to concentrate on one person to start with. Can that be you?
Some more information is required, only from you, your Mac and your windows user account on the server:
On the Windows server, are the 3 folders in question within the one shared folder?
What is the name of the Volume (share) that appears in Finder?
Are any of the folders being copied or moved to the local drive of the Mac?
On the windows server, what are the permissions that you have to:
  The top-level shared folder
  The 3 folders underneath the top-level shared folder
Do a Get Info of the Volume (share) in Finder and do a screen shot of both the area above Preview and the area below Preview (Preview itself is not required. Make sure all right-pointing arrows are expanded to down-pointing arrows so all info in each section can be seen.
(Did this discussion get re-assigned to the OS X Server Community? I've never been there, and I thought I found it in the OS X Mavericks community.) Are you actually running OS X Server on the Macs?
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