On my final day of work my supervisor gave me an envelope with a payroll card in it and said that all the money owed to me was loaded onto it. It also came with these weird paper checks that I would have to call to authenticate and deposit on-site at a bank. There was no pay stub or documentation of how much money was loaded on it.
Naturally, I emailed HR and the general manager asking for my money via direct deposit or paper check. They said I had to go through the process of getting the money out of the payroll account but they did send me pay stubs. I sent them the Texas labor code where it word for word says they cannot do what they did. I’ll attach some of the interesting emails.
After a couple days I got the pay card company to just straight cancel my account and send me a real check for the entire sum of money. While on the phone with them I realized my company gave this pay card company ALL OF MY PERSONAL INFORMATION (my SS#, birthdate, home address, phone number) all without my knowledge or consent.
I’ve never heard of a company doing something like this. I’m not sure why they would even do this. There’s no way this is legal (right??) I’m considering submitting a claim with my state’s workforce commission.