What is the name of your state? INDIANA
We are paid every 2 weeks - everyone is on direct deposit. This past Friday, our controller "forgot" to make the payroll deposit until after 2pm, which meant the deposits didn't get posted until the next business day (Monday) except for the bank where the employer has this account.
For instance, our son has a checking account at this bank and his deposit showed up late Friday.
My husband and I, like many other employees, bank elsewhere. To date, the deposit has not shown up in our account. Several employees have automatic deductions taken from their checking accounts (us included) for such things as car or mortgage payments, etc., and many of these employees received overdraft charges resulting from this situation.
In particular, I took our daughter to the dentist on Thursday afternoon, counting on the direct deposit to be in the bank Friday morning as it always is. So far, that check has not been deposited that I can tell, but if it comes in before the bank credits us for the direct deposit, we're in big trouble.
The controller has spoken to some employees who became concerned over possible overdraft charges, and said the employer would more than likely pay whatever charges might be incurred due to her mistake. Being paid every two weeks cuts things close for most people there - us included - as we tend to pay down most of our bills with the first check of the month and usually don't leave much to cushion us.
This has never happened before. My question is this - is the employer bound to pay the overdraft fees, etc. should they start coming in? I know of thirteen employees who say they were not able to buy groceries, gas and other necessities because they did not receive a payroll deposit in time for it to post to their checking account, thus making their account balance either be negative or not have enough to live on this weekend.
Speaking honestly, we only have $25 in our checking with a $1400 deposit floating around somewhere. We surely could have used that to buy groceries this weekend ourselves, instead we had to buy whatever we could with that $25 and know in the back of our minds, there was a $99 check to the dentist waiting to come through on top of that.
It is maddening to think someone could "forget" to make a payroll deposit. This employer has bounced petty cash checks in the past, one employee tried to cash a $64 check once and was told there was not enough funds to cover it and to speak to the employer. She did so, and was told to wait until the next afternoon and try again!
Over 100 employees work here, and it is a private club business.
Several employees have started a petition to stop the direct deposits, stating they could count on receiving a check before and at least they would have the option of cashing that on Friday instead of waiting until who knows when to have access to their earnings!
Please advise.
Thanks
We are paid every 2 weeks - everyone is on direct deposit. This past Friday, our controller "forgot" to make the payroll deposit until after 2pm, which meant the deposits didn't get posted until the next business day (Monday) except for the bank where the employer has this account.
For instance, our son has a checking account at this bank and his deposit showed up late Friday.
My husband and I, like many other employees, bank elsewhere. To date, the deposit has not shown up in our account. Several employees have automatic deductions taken from their checking accounts (us included) for such things as car or mortgage payments, etc., and many of these employees received overdraft charges resulting from this situation.
In particular, I took our daughter to the dentist on Thursday afternoon, counting on the direct deposit to be in the bank Friday morning as it always is. So far, that check has not been deposited that I can tell, but if it comes in before the bank credits us for the direct deposit, we're in big trouble.
The controller has spoken to some employees who became concerned over possible overdraft charges, and said the employer would more than likely pay whatever charges might be incurred due to her mistake. Being paid every two weeks cuts things close for most people there - us included - as we tend to pay down most of our bills with the first check of the month and usually don't leave much to cushion us.
This has never happened before. My question is this - is the employer bound to pay the overdraft fees, etc. should they start coming in? I know of thirteen employees who say they were not able to buy groceries, gas and other necessities because they did not receive a payroll deposit in time for it to post to their checking account, thus making their account balance either be negative or not have enough to live on this weekend.
Speaking honestly, we only have $25 in our checking with a $1400 deposit floating around somewhere. We surely could have used that to buy groceries this weekend ourselves, instead we had to buy whatever we could with that $25 and know in the back of our minds, there was a $99 check to the dentist waiting to come through on top of that.
It is maddening to think someone could "forget" to make a payroll deposit. This employer has bounced petty cash checks in the past, one employee tried to cash a $64 check once and was told there was not enough funds to cover it and to speak to the employer. She did so, and was told to wait until the next afternoon and try again!
Over 100 employees work here, and it is a private club business.
Several employees have started a petition to stop the direct deposits, stating they could count on receiving a check before and at least they would have the option of cashing that on Friday instead of waiting until who knows when to have access to their earnings!
Please advise.
Thanks
