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Epstein Becker & Green

Time Is Money: A Quick Wage-Hour Tip on … Offering a Compliant Payroll Debit Card Option to Employees

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In an increasingly cashless society, many employers are considering moving to payroll debit cards to provide workers with greater flexibility and convenience. ...more

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This is the Way the NY Payroll Card Challenge Ends. Not with a Bang but a Whimper.

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Subscribers of our 50 State Payroll Card Law Blog know that we’ve been keeping pretty close tabs on the challenge to the New York payroll card regulations brought by Global Cash Card. We’ve written about every twist and turn...more

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NY Payroll Card Challenge Slated for Oral Argument This Week

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Those who don’t eat, sleep, and breathe developments in payroll card law (and what an empty life that must be) would be forgiven if they lost track of what’s going on in New York. The New York Department of Labor (NYDOL)...more

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New York Court Decision Makes It Even Harder to Pay Your Employees

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A state court has added a new twist to the long and tortured history of payroll card regulation in New York. Employers who pay workers in the state via payroll cards, along with the banks and program managers that administer...more

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Pennsylvania Employers Can Pay Wages With Payroll Cards

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Pennsylvania’s Wage Payment and Collection Law requires employers to pay all wages, other than fringe benefits and wage supplements, due employees on regularly scheduled paydays designated in advance by the employer in cash,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

NY Regulations on Wage Payment by Direct Deposit / Payroll Debit Cards Have Been Invalidated

The New York State Industrial Board of Appeals (the “IBA” or the “Board”) invalidated regulations scheduled to take effect on March 7, 2017, that would have enhanced the notice and authorization requirements for employers...more

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Update: DOL Regulation for Employers Who Use Direct Deposit and Payroll Debit Cards Invalidated

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On February 16, 2017, the New York State Industrial Board of Appeals invalidated and revoked the NYS Department of Labor regulations governing payment of wages by direct deposit or payroll debit card. The regulations were...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

New York State REVOKES Rule On Wage Payment By Direct Deposit Or Debit Card – Would Have Taken Effect March 7

A regulation issued by the New York State Department of Labor that governed the payment of employees by direct deposit or payroll debit card has been revoked by the New York State Industrial Board of Appeals. The Board said...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Update: DOL Regulation For Employers Who Use Direct Deposit and Payroll Debit Cards Invalidated

On February 16, 2017, the New York State Industrial Board of Appeals invalidated and revoked the NYS Department of Labor regulations we wrote about previously (and updated here) governing payment of wages by direct deposit or...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

NYSDOL Regulations Regarding Payment of Wages by Debit Card and Direct Deposit Have Been Revoked

In a decision issued yesterday, the New York State Industrial Board of Appeals (IBA) revoked the regulations regarding payment of wages by debit card and direct deposit. While the full decision is available here, the upshot...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

NYSDOL Releases Proposed Notice and Consent Forms for Direct Deposit and Payroll Debit Cards

In October, we wrote about the new NYSDOL regulations for employers who use direct deposit and/or payroll debit cards to pay their employees. The regulations take effect on March 7, 2017 – just about a month from now – and...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

NYSDOL Posts Draft Model Templates for Payroll Debit Cards and Direct Deposit Notice and Consent

Pursuant to new regulations that take effect on March 7, 2017, New York employers will be required to satisfy certain notice requirements and obtain employees’ informed consent before paying wages by debit card or direct...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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

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

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

New Pennsylvania Law Allows Use of Payroll Debit Cards

We have been following litigation in Pennsylvania challenging the use of payroll debit cards by employers to pay employees. In one such case, the Pennsylvania Superior Court recently ruled that an employer violated the...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

New York State DOL Issues Regulations on Payroll Debit Cards

On September 7, 2016, the New York State Department of Labor adopted regulations governing the payment of employee wages by any method other than cash or check, including direct deposit and payroll debit cards. The purpose...more

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Final Payroll Card and Direct Deposit Regulations Issued by New York DOL

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York Department of Labor has recently adopted final rules, effective March 7, 2017, which regulate methods of wage payment in the state. The regulations impose notice, consent, and related...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

New York State DOL (Yet Again) Issues Draft Regulations on Payroll Debit Cards and Other Wage Payment Issues

After a nearly eight-month delay, the New York State Department of Labor once again published draft Regulations governing the payment of employee wages via payroll debit cards, direct deposit, and other means. As we...more

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Pennsylvania Court Rules Payroll Cards Aren’t “Lawful Money,” Says Employers Must Pay Using Checks Or Dead Presidents

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We have previously reported and blogged about challenges to paying employees through debit card-like “paycards.” A recent Pennsylvania decision has amplified those concerns....more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Retailer - Fall 2014

Counting the Cost of Payroll Cards: Are they Worth it for Employers? Retailers, as well as other employers, have grown to rely on payroll cards to compensate employees who may not have bank accounts. What are the legal risks...more

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Employer Obligations Under the New Payroll Card Law

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On Wednesday, August 6, 2014, Governor Quinn signed House Bill 5622 amending the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (IWPCA) and providing employers with the option of paying employees through a payroll card. While the...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

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

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

Ballard Spahr LLP

Payroll Cards – The Inquiry Broadens

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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

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Democratic Senators write to CFPB about employer use of payroll cards

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A New York Times report last month that the office of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has commenced an investigation into the widening practice of employers paying hourly employees through the use of prepaid...more

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