Legal Question in Employment Law in Pennsylvania

My job usually pays its employees each and every Thursday last week they paid us on Friday. I made transaction on Thursday assuming the funds would be available.This caused my account to bounce 3x's the bank charged my account a $36.00 fee on each transaction a total of $108.00. I informed my job of this asking for a re-imburstment. This is not the first time this has happened but this is the first time that I have asked to be re-imburst.They state they WILL NOT. Is this legal. What are my rights. I work for a very small agency less than 22 employees


Asked on 6/02/10, 5:36 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Roger Traversa Arjont Group (Law Office of Roger Traversa)

Sorry to inform you but the employer does not have to pay to reimburse you for the overdraft fees. The laws governing payment by employers deals with this topic by mandating the latest that an employer may pay an employee for time worked. So long as the employer paid for time worked within the applicable time period they are safe. It really was your responsibility to ensure that you had the available funds before allowing a transaction on your account.

You would have a better shot of asking the bank to refund you for two of the overdraft fees because they likely used the questionable practice of paying the largest transaction on a given day before paying the smaller transactions. There was a recent law passed that will prohibit this practice when the law becomes effective later this year.

Regards,

Roger

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Answered on 6/03/10, 2:30 pm


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