A couple of years ago, a group of employees working for a McDonald’s franchise filed a class action lawsuit in Pennsylvania alleging their employer required them to accept wages in the form of payroll debit cards—with fees for use of the cards assessed by the debit card provider.
The workers claimed that requiring them use to payroll debit cards violates the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law (WPCL). If you want to dig a little deeper into the case, you can read more about it here. The lawsuit hasn’t been settled yet but it should serve as a “heads up” to all employers.
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