Does Wal-Mart Use of Check Cards for Pay Purposes Violate Wage Payment Laws?

The Wall Street Journal reported two days ago : Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation's largest private employer, is eliminating paper payroll checks in the U.S., transferring workers' earnings to a debit card if they decline direct deposit to a bank.

[Michael]

This is one of the smartest things for the world, imagine the paper savings. From my personal experience 90%+ of workers already have direct deposit, with no need for check stubs. I use to have 60 associates and 3 actually received a live check and eveyone that had direct deposit could care less if they received there stub, if they needed it for something they could print it online.
BE GREEN!

[Lone Goat]

My current work place does this (autodealer).... so did the place before(Kmart)...

[Vince]

I think it's a great idea, provided that the debit card can be used over again as more funds are added. It should be similar to the debit card provided when you have a bank account.