Anybody know anything about a program called Paychequer?

[Pixelated]

My now ex-boss told me I'd get my pay via e-transfer, which was fine, except that he's using the above-mentioned program. I've activated my account ... but all I'm seeing is my pay slip. I can't find any way of transferring the money into my account. If anybody is familiar with this program, I'd appreciate any help you can offer.

Thanks.

[Minflick]

This is probably a really stupid question, but have you called the ex-boss and asked how to get the funds? Were the funds EFT and that's just for the stub?

[Pixelated]

Not at all a stupid question, Minflick. This all just happened this morning, and I just got home about an hour ago and tried to access my pay. Ex-boss is out of the office, as far as I can tell (he'd told me to bring the paperwork in before 10:30 a.m. so I assumed he had a meeting or something) and I've emailed him about it. If I don't hear back I'll be on his doorstep at 9 a.m. tomorrow.

I'm fairly sure he'll be in the office later this afternoon, but I will be at my shift at The Mothership at that time so can't do anything more about it today. Hopefully he'll see my email sometime today and respond. The odd thing is, in one of the emails (yes, there are TWO) directing me to this program, it says the funds will be sent on by cheque ... but he indicated they would be in the form of an e-transfer. So I don't know what he's doing. I'm not entirely sure he knows what he's doing.

[csquared]

Is there no help function or contact info for support?

[Rosco the Iroc]

Restaurants have been getting thumped with lawsuits for debit car pay checks that have fees.
So shitty but not surprised.

[Pixelated]

Ex-boss did email me back that the actual money might take "a couple of hours" -- as opposed to the electronic pay stub.

Anyway, it was there when I got home from The Mothership tonight. So that ends that.

[Minflick]

Pix - I have the reverse problem at my job. Funds exactly when they say they'll be there. In the account they belong in. The stub, on the other hand, is a mystery that needs solving. I've asked for a link to the site where I should be able to see and print it, but nobody's sent one. I need to be a stupid pest about this.....

[Pixelated]

You are wiser than I, Minflick. I'd be so happy the cash had shown up that I wouldn't care where the pay stub was ... until I really needed it for something.

[Minflick]

Heh. It's the law to give employees a pay stub. At least here in California it is, I don't know about the rest of the US. For all I know it's a federal law, which would actually make sense. How the hell ELSE are we to know that proper taxes were taken out, proper other deductions, etc.? So, can we not make it mysterious as fuck to find it? Gimmie a flipping print out, Jesus...

[Pixelated]

It's probably the law here in Canada too, but don't quote me on that, because I don't know for sure.

[CyberLurch]

Heh. It's the law to give employees a pay stub. At least here in California it is, I don't know about the rest of the US. For all I know it's a federal law, which would actually make sense. How the hell ELSE are we to know that proper taxes were taken out, proper other deductions, etc.? So, can we not make it mysterious as fuck to find it? Gimmie a flipping print out, Jesus...

From what I've been told, it's the law to make the pay stub available to the employee; there's nothing about them actually giving you one. I'm fighting this battle now; my employer handles things by pay card and it is the pay card service that provides the pay stubs via a web site. Which has been remarkably difficult to get into; whenever I try to log on it insists I've typed the wrong password (I haven't) and then forces me to go through the rigamarole of changing the password; after which that password, too, is 'bad' (it isn't).

Which means I can't get to my pay stub, nor can I access the transaction record of the card. Which makes another battle remarkably difficult; eight days ago I bought gas and some $75 got placed on 'hold'. And it's STILL on hold even now. And naturally, this card assesses an overdraft fee if I NSF; even if it's due to the hold. And, of course, this card also assesses a fee for a balance inquiry via an out-of-network ATM or by call center. And I'm remarkably unsurprised to learn that there are no IN-network ATMs immediately accessible where I live. Why, it's almost like they set it up that way, isn't it?

Really hating this 'pay card' trend. Just another way for third parties to pluck the hard-earned money out of my pocket. The employers jump on this program because the pay card services kick money back to them for using it, I'm pretty sure. Jiminy Christmas, can we not just go back to the good old-fashioned pay check, please?

[Deserted]

Big Green Cab Co started using pay cards after $130k went "missing". (Jesus Christ, it's been 2 years...) It's a pain in the rear. Ours won't let us go in the red, which is nice, but... well, we're contractors, there is no pay stub. Yay 1099 worker!

[Heksubah]

Which means I can't get to my pay stub, nor can I access the transaction record of the card. Which makes another battle remarkably difficult; eight days ago I bought gas and some $75 got placed on 'hold'. And it's STILL on hold even now. And naturally, this card assesses an overdraft fee if I NSF; even if it's due to the hold.

I used to work customer service for a credit card company so have a helpful tip... gas pumps won't put a hold if you use your card as debit since that verifies against your funds, whereas credit runs as credit. So if you have that option, use that and you'll avoid that happening again.

[Seanette]

Um, actually, the prepaid debit cards I handle WILL impose the hold if you use the card at the pump (in either mode, so far as I know). Our advice is to pay inside with the attendant and run the transaction as credit. At least on our cards, this does not create said hold.

Don't they normally expire in 72 hours or less?

[CyberLurch]

I used to work customer service for a credit card company so have a helpful tip... gas pumps won't put a hold if you use your card as debit since that verifies against your funds, whereas credit runs as credit. So if you have that option, use that and you'll avoid that happening again.

Well, the problem with that is... I *DID* use it as a debit card. I very seldom use the 'credit' option. I am reasonably sure the pay card company set it up this way deliberately; it is, after all, how they make money since they can't actually charge you interest to use your own money.

At least, not YET....