News & Analysis as of

Minimum Wage › Payroll Cards

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New Year, New Rules for Employers Doing Business in New York

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on

Last year the New York legislature and New York Department of Labor amended several employment laws implementing changes that took effect at the end of 2016 or are set to take effect early this year. This post summarizes the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CFPB Bulletin Warns Employers Against Exclusive Use of Payroll Cards

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on

On September 12, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a bulletin reminding employers that they cannot require their employees to receive wages on a payroll card. The bulletin also explains some of the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB Warns Employers on Required Use of Payroll Cards

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a bulletin warning employers that they cannot require employees to receive their wages on payroll cards. The bulletin appears to respond to the explosive growth in the use...more

Fisher Phillips

CFPB Bulletin Addresses "Payroll Card Accounts"

Fisher Phillips on

A statement of some federal-law limitations and requirements relating to the increasingly popular practice of compensating employees via the use of "pay cards" came from an atypical direction on September 12....more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

CFPB Warns Employers Against Exclusive Use Of Payroll Cards

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on

The CFPB has published a bulletin expressing its view that employers cannot require their employees to receive wages on a payroll card. The bulletin also gives the CFPB’s view on some of the federal consumer protections that...more

Fisher Phillips

Hospitality Update, No. 3, September 2013: Put It On My Card? Not So Fast!

Fisher Phillips on

In the age of technology and convenience, some businesses, particularly those with multi-state operations, are turning away from issuing paychecks to employees or paying them by direct deposit. Instead, some are opting to...more

Sands Anderson PC

Are Pay Cards Lawful Wage Payments In Virginia?

Sands Anderson PC on

It was recently reported that a worker at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s sued her employer, a McDonalds’s franchisee, because she was required to receive her pay in the form of a debit card that carried hefty charges for virtually...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Taking The Check Out Of Paycheck: The Legality Of Payroll Debit Cards

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on

Recently, the practice of paying employees via payroll debit cards came under fire when an employee filed a class action lawsuit against her employer, a McDonalds' franchisee, alleging that payment of wages via a Chase...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Senators Request CFPB Issue Guidance and Rulemakings, Bring Enforcement Actions Relating to Payroll Card Programs

Morrison & Foerster LLP on

Last week, 16 Democratic Senators sent a letter on regulation of payroll cards to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) Director Richard Cordray and Department of Labor (“DOL”) Acting Secretary Seth Harris. The letter...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Payroll Cards – The Inquiry Broadens

Ballard Spahr LLP on

As we reported in our July 11 legal alert, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has commenced an investigation into the widening practice of employers paying hourly employees through the use of prepaid payroll cards....more

10 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide