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SadistDave -> RE: Something people actually should be outraged about (6/18/2013 2:33:48 AM)
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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl
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I'm also not quite sure about the validity of her lawsuit. According to the story in the OP, McDonalds is paying her. She has no proof at all that it will cost her extra money or that McDonalds is profiting from her payroll. They are taking no "ill-gotten gains" from her, which is what she is suing McDonalds for...
PA law is specific.
As far as pulling it all out at once, yes, they can, for a fee... 1.50 at an ATM, which may not always be safe... or 5 dollars to the teller.
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But you know... According to the article, state law says she must be given a choice to be paid in cash or by check. That would seem be pretty cut and dried, and something that could be cleared up by a call to the states Labor Board in about 30 seconds. This is precisely the sort of thing that agency is there to deal with. The lawsuit is bullshit and a complete waste of taxpayers time. If it turns out that the employees did not try to have the problem resolved through the labor board before filing this frivolous piece of shit, I hope they get their money-grubbing asses handed to them by the judge.
And Wage comes in, does a review, and settles the matter.... for that company. Since this is a franchise, and its become corporate policy.. all their restaurants are doing this.
And, no, its not 30 seconds. There is an investigation. The guy I spoke to in the PA area who did ours told me they sometimes take a few months. There are few investigators.
I see the safety issue as a red herring. In some cases it may not be safe to be paid in cash or by check. Where she banks is her own lookout. Her neighborhood is not at issue, or what time of day she visits the ATM at the 7-11.
Don't know about anywhere else, but if I wanted to cash a payroll check anywhere but a bank around here it would cost me 2%. That's actually more expensive than paying a teller $5. If one has a bank account to begin with those fees are usually waived at a decent bank, so again... her banking is her own lookout...
The only time I've had to call the Missouri Labor Board about a payroll issue the problem was resolved before the next pay period ended. It sounds to me like the only people who should be outraged are Pa. residents. If that's the best the Pa state government can do, the citizens really should be pissed. Some things call for an investigation. Something like this requires one or two questions to the employer about their payroll practices over the phone, an explaination of the law, to be followed up by the phrase "You have ___ days to comply."
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