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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.

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

FR,

Isn't this a natural progression of "going paperless?"

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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...

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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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ORIGINAL: SadistDave
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...

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

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ORIGINAL: SadistDave
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...

She works at McDonalds at nearly minimum wage. For a 5 dollar fee to not be more than 2% of her gross wages she would have had to work 33.5 hours which is unlikely. Once you deduct even FISA from her gross a $5 fee is certainly more than 2% of her take home pay.

Also you seem to believe she had an option of direct deposit, the article clearly states she tried to get that and the company refused.

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ORIGINAL: MariaB

jlf1961... You get paid to donate your blood?! your kidding me? If so your not actually donating your plasma, your selling it!

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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

Ohhhhhhhhhhh ok.

Housing Assistance Payment (HAP)
„ RRHA’s share of the Contract Rent, sent directly to landlord or agent monthly, typically about 30% of adjusted gross income after allowable deductions

„ Utility Assistance Payment (UAP)„ Sent monthly directly to some extremely Low income or $0 income families to assist with utility cost determined by HUD calculation method

Rent goes straight to the landlord... UAP pays utilities. It always tickles me when people claim Section 8 gives free housing.

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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

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The cards are made flimsy, the electronic strips last only about 6 months though I've seen them wear out in a matter of weeks and many people are charged $3.00 for new cards.

The charge is only if they lose them. If they stop working, its a free replacement.

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There is NOT a fee for every transaction . You can take all of your money off one time with ZERO fee. It is only if you make multiple transactions. You also can set up an account online so that you can check your balance and there is ZERO charge for that too. You can check it as many times as you wish and no fees are added.... you can also have a text sent to your cell phone for FREE to tell you what your pay is. I know because I work at McDonald's and I have NEVER been charged any fee at all ... I get my full paycheck !! There is not one penny taken out of it for fees.