Bill Text: MN SF2241 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Payroll account card usage for payment of wages regulation authorization
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-03 - Referred to Jobs, Agriculture and Rural Development [SF2241 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2241-Introduced.html
1.2relating to employers; regulating payment of wages using a payroll card account;
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 177.255, subdivision 6.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 177.255, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 6. Written consent. (a) The employer may initiate payment of wages to an
1.7employee by electronic fund transfer to a payroll card account onlyafter the employee
1.8has voluntarily consented in writing to that method of payment. pursuant to this section.
1.9Except pursuant to paragraph (b), consent to payment of wages by electronic fund transfer
1.10to a payroll card account shall not be a condition of hire or of continued employment. The
1.11written consent signed by the employee must include the terms and conditions of the
1.12payroll card account option as provided in subdivision 5. A copy of the signed written
1.13consent must be provided to the employee and be retained by the employer.
1.14(b) The employer may require employees to receive payment of wages through a
1.15payroll card if the employer has provided the employees with a form indicating that failure
1.16to return the form within 30 days with the account information necessary to implement
1.17direct deposit under section 177.23, subdivision 4, clause (3), will be presumed to indicate
1.18consent to receiving wages through a payroll card. If an employee is currently paid by
1.19direct deposit or by check on a bank convertible into cash on demand at full face value,
1.20the method of payment shall not be changed to payroll card without written consent of the
1.21employee under paragraph (a).
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 177.255, subdivision 6.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 177.255, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 6. Written consent. (a) The employer may initiate payment of wages to an
1.7employee by electronic fund transfer to a payroll card account only
1.8
1.9Except pursuant to paragraph (b), consent to payment of wages by electronic fund transfer
1.10to a payroll card account shall not be a condition of hire or of continued employment. The
1.11written consent signed by the employee must include the terms and conditions of the
1.12payroll card account option as provided in subdivision 5. A copy of the signed written
1.13consent must be provided to the employee and be retained by the employer.
1.14(b) The employer may require employees to receive payment of wages through a
1.15payroll card if the employer has provided the employees with a form indicating that failure
1.16to return the form within 30 days with the account information necessary to implement
1.17direct deposit under section 177.23, subdivision 4, clause (3), will be presumed to indicate
1.18consent to receiving wages through a payroll card. If an employee is currently paid by
1.19direct deposit or by check on a bank convertible into cash on demand at full face value,
1.20the method of payment shall not be changed to payroll card without written consent of the
1.21employee under paragraph (a).
