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Employer issuing recurring bounced paychecks

🧭 worksocial problemSingle report ●●●●● severity 5/5

An employee reports that their employer has been issuing paychecks that bounce due to insufficient funds or closed accounts for over three months, and is unsure if they must accept these checks or can request a different form of payment.

Who's affected: The reporter, who has received a bounced paycheck, and their coworkers.

⚠️ Single report. This is one person's account. We mark it so until more voices confirm it.

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Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. A mobile app that tracks payroll payment history and alerts employees to patterns of bounced checks at their specific company.
  2. A legal template generator for employees to formally demand payment via certified mail to establish a paper trail for labor boards.
  3. A community-driven platform for employees to anonymously report employers who consistently fail to meet payroll obligations.
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Real voices

“For 3 1/2 months, my employer has been writing people checks that have been bouncing”

Source: Stack Exchange (workplace) · CC BY-SA 4.0, user-contributed content from Stack Exchange; summarized and modified

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