Wage and Hour, Wages, Fees

Maryland enacts Earned Wage Access legislation

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/4/2025

A new Maryland law deems certain earned wage access (EWA) services to be loans. It then subjects those EWA services to the Maryland Consumer Loan Law and other consumer credit provisions, restricts the acceptance of tips by...more

Maryland Enacts Landmark Earned Wage Access Legislation

Payactiv on 5/28/2025

On May 27, 2025, Maryland enacted first-of-its-kind earned wage access (EWA) legislation to ensure Maryland workers are able to retain continued access to this valuable employee benefit. This landmark legislation follows...more

West Virginia Enacts Changes to Payroll Card Method of Wage Payment

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/25/2022

During its latest legislative session, West Virginia passed Senate Bill 245, thereby enacting several changes to its wage payment provisions using payroll cards. These changes become effective on June 9, 2022, 90 days after...more

NY Payroll Debit Card Regulation Declared Invalid

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/27/2017

A New York regulation establishing conditions for the payment of wages by direct deposit or debit card scheduled to take effect on March 7, 2017, has been invalidated and revoked by the state's Industrial Board of Appeals...more

New Pennsylvania Law Allows Use of Payroll Debit Cards

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 11/17/2016

We have been following litigation in Pennsylvania challenging the use of payroll debit cards by employers to pay employees. In one such case, the Pennsylvania Superior Court recently ruled that an employer violated the...more

Superior Court: Mandatory Use of Payroll Debit Cards Violates PA Law

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 11/9/2016

As regular readers of our blog know, we have been following a pending class action lawsuit challenging a Pennsylvania employer’s use of payroll debit cards to pay its employees. There has been a key development in that case. ...more