Under Labor Secretary Pudzer, your paycheck could become a prepaid Debit card with ATM fees.

[Miles Archer]

Think The Minimum Wage Will Be Safe Under Labor Secretary Puzder? Not So Fast
Nearly 12 million workers won higher wages in 2016. But there’s a catch.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/minimum-wage-puzder-labor-secretary_us_589880f8e4b09bd304bc3434?

Puzder, whose confirmation hearing has already been put off multiple times, could easily fail to enforce the wage increases that prevailed in referendums throughout the country, and he’s likely to put even the existing protections we have in jeopardy - including the minimum wage, which currently stands at a paltry $7.25.

It’s the proverbial fox guarding the hen house, a term that we seem to be asserting with every cabinet appointee, but that rings even more true with Puzder.

Just last week, CKE Restaurants was hit with nearly two dozen charges of stealing wages. Multiple workers said they had worked for weeks without seeing a paycheck. One was only paid after he stopped coming to work in protest.

CKE has also come under fire for paying employees with pre-paid debit cards that incur fees on certain ATMs, in effect shorting employees their full paycheck.

[dlk]

1. This Has Already Happened in Many Workplaces

As if American workers aren't exploited enough, many low-paying workplaces already use the prepaid debit card with not just ATM fees, but fees for even checking the account balance or calling customer service. Republicans are ever more creative in finding new ways to stick it to the little guy while riding their moral high horse.

[Runningdawg]

2. It happened in my company

in 2007. At the time, I had already given notice I was moving. If this had not been the case, I would have begun looking for a new job the day the memo came out.