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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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 Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:26 pm Post subject: McDonalds tries to pay workers in debit cards |
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McD's worker sues b/c she was paid by debit card
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Gunshannon, 27, of Dallas Township, worked at McDonald's Restaurant on the Dallas Highway from April 24 to May 15. When she received her first paycheck, enclosed was a Chase Bank debit card with instructions on how to use it and the fees attached.
Her future earnings would be deposited into the debit card account and she could access her money from there. Gunshannon never signed the card and when she returned to work she asked her supervisor if she could be paid by check or by direct deposit. She was told the card was the only option.
Gunshannon, a single mother of one daughter, quit her job at McDonald's and went to see an attorney, Mike Cefalo of West Pittston. A class-action lawsuit was filed Thursday in Luzerne County Court by Cefalo on behalf of Gunshannon and other employees, seeking damages, fees and costs.
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Gunshannon said she didn't sign the card and chose to not enroll in the payroll system offered because she felt the fees would be exorbitant and actually drop her earnings below minimum wage.
She was to be paid about $7.44 per hour - her paystub didn't list her hourly rate. Minimum wage is $7.25.
According to the complaint filed, the JP Morgan Chase payroll card lists several fees, including a $1.50 charge for ATM withdrawals, $5 for over-the-counter cash withdrawals, $1 per balance inquiry, 75 cents per online bill payment and $15 for lost/stolen card.
Gunshannon said she had taken her concerns to the main office of the franchise holder - Albert and Carol Mueller, trading as McDonald's, in Clarks Summit. She was told that the card was the only option, she said. |
Hideous. |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| People have been getting gouged the same way in certain states with regards to unemployment benefits as well, which is arguably worse, because while you can at least leave your job at McDonald's, if you need unemployment benefits (or child support, or whatever), you're not likely in any position to leave a state which has sold you out. |
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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China
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| Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:37 am Post subject: |
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This is disgusting. the card charged fees for useage.
to be fair though this was not Mdonalds this was a franchisee doing this.
But Mickey d's needs to take a stand. |
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Titus
Joined: 19 May 2012
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| Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:45 am Post subject: |
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The debit cards are a common way for employers to pay illegals or people without bank accounts. A huge chunk of the American underclass does not have bank accounts (around 20% of cities like Miami and Detroit).
Fox is right. JPM has made a killing from charging fees on people receiving welfare. It's very cynical. |
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Deja
Joined: 18 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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Why are debit cards a common way to pay illegals? Doesn't that mean another trail??
Holy fees, BTW! |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Deja wrote: |
| Why are debit cards a common way to pay illegals? Doesn't that mean another trail?? |
A trail going where? Some business owner picks up a prepaid debit card, a week later, it gets spent. It's not like you need to show an ID to use them. |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Utterly shameless. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: DC area
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| Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:47 am Post subject: |
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| A modernized version of sharecropping. |
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Titus
Joined: 19 May 2012
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| Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| Fox wrote: |
| Deja wrote: |
| Why are debit cards a common way to pay illegals? Doesn't that mean another trail?? |
A trail going where? Some business owner picks up a prepaid debit card, a week later, it gets spent. It's not like you need to show an ID to use them. |
Exactly. They have no name on them other than the employer and have the amount written on the card. Scratch the back and the PIN appears. They're becoming more common. The cost per card is less than 3$.
The only real issue I have with the OP is the service charges (unless proper banking is being denied to employers). JPM/Chase etc are sticking it to a demo that is completely powerless and captive. It would be nice if the poor were not slapped around at every turn. |
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