The Walden Pond-Control When You Get Paid with Jason Lee
Tiffany Haynes, the Chief Operating Officer of Fingercheck, is a recognized leader in the fintech sector. Not only does she run a rapidly growing company, but Tiffany also is the mother of five children and has fostered...more
Today, most Americans are unable to afford a $500 emergency expense. For individuals living paycheck-to-paycheck, encountering an unplanned expense–like a car repair or medical bill–can drive them to overdraft their bank...more
Paychex Inc. had entered into an agreement to provide a company, Dan-Gulf Shipping Inc., with payroll-related services. The agreement contained an arbitration clause governed by the rules of the American Arbitration...more
On August 25, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service announced a two-year delay in implementing changes to the catch-up retirement contributions of certain taxpayers....more
Paying bills on time is still a monumental task for millions of working Americans. The latest research shows that about six in 10 Americans are living paycheck to paycheck; thus an unexpected bill could send someone into a...more
In this issue of the Jackson Lewis Class Action Trends Report, we welcome the New Year and look back at the most significant developments affecting employment class and collective action litigation in 2022. We also look ahead...more
“The dog ate my homework” is a common refrain of school children throughout the ages. Well, there is an adult version of that scenario, such as in this case, where an employer tries to blame its payroll company for overtime...more
Q: We had a payroll issue and accidentally overpaid an employee quite a bit. Can we simply withhold from their future paychecks?...more
New York AG Letitia James announced that the owner of several payroll companies, Michael T. Mann, pleaded guilty to and was sentenced for one felony count of Money Laundering in the First Degree for laundering funds stolen...more
My most famous and most read articles has been the series of articles concerning my opinion that the two top payroll providers aren’t very good with 401(k) plan administration. While it’s very popular with my reading public,...more
Host Vincent Walden talks with Jason Lee, CEO of DailyPay, a technology solution that lets employees control when they get paid. Fortune 500 companies like Kroger, Berkshire Hathaway, Adecco Staffing and McDonald's are...more
The payroll advance industry is the subject of a newly announced multistate investigation seeking information to enable regulators to determine whether there is unlawful lending by online companies engaged in this business....more
As everyone knows, I’m not a big fan of payroll providers being third-party administrators, at least the big two. However, there may be opportunities for you to augment your services and make a couple of extra bucks....more
For 401(k) Errors, It Seems To Be All Payroll These Days That is what it feels like. In the movie Fletch, Chevy Chase played Irwin R. Fletcher ("Fletch"), an undercover newspaper reporter under the byline "Jane Doe"....more
This post is the second in a two-part series concerning emerging uses and considerations involving application programming interfaces, or “APIs.” Most retailers and other large and mid-size businesses, and even some...more
This month’s key California employment law cases involve reporting time pay and potential liability of payroll companies for wage and hour violations. ...more
Can an employee sue the employer’s payroll service for failure to correctly process and report payroll? According to the California Supreme Court recent decision in Goonewardene v. ADP, LLC (2019) 6 Cal.5th 817, the answer...more
On February 7, 2019, the Supreme Court of California issued its decision in Goonewardene v. ADP, LLC, holding that employees may not sue their employers’ payroll companies for wage claims in connection with their employment....more
On February 7, 2019, the California Supreme Court determined that an employee cannot sue a payroll company for breach of contract under the third party beneficiary doctrine, and that it is inappropriate to impose a tort duty...more
On Feb. 7, 2019, the California Supreme Court struck a decisive victory in favor of payroll companies, issuing a unanimous opinion that an employee is not a third-party beneficiary of the contract between her employer and its...more
At least, not directly. Can an employee sue her employer’s payroll services provider for alleged violations of California’s wage and hour laws? According to a recent decision from the California Supreme Court, the answer...more
In Goonewardene v. ADP, LLC (S238941), the California Supreme Court has created new protections for payroll companies in lawsuits involving claims of labor violations. Although previous case law has held that employees with...more
The California Supreme Court has cut off another avenue for employees to sue payroll provider companies for unpaid wages. California courts have previously found that employees cannot sue a payroll company under a theory that...more
Last week, the California State Supreme Court struck a decisive victory in favor of payroll companies, issuing a unanimous opinion that an employee is not a third-party beneficiary of the contract between her employer and its...more
• The California Supreme Court recently held that an employee could not pursue contract and tort claims against a payroll service provider for unpaid wages. • The Court found that (1) an employee was not a “third-party...more