A single mother who worked briefly at a northeastern Pennsylvania McDonald’s franchise is suing the owners after she said she was given a fee-laden debit card and told that she must use it to access her earnings.
A lawyer filed a lawsuit Thursday in Luzerne County on behalf of Natalie Gunshannon and other employees, The Citizens’ Voice and the Times Leader of Wilkes-Barre reported.
“I’m looking for the pay I am owed and for them to understand there has to be an option,” Gunshannon, 27, told the Citizens’ Voice.
Gunshannon was hired April 24 at the McDonald’s in Shavertown and worked for a month before quitting. She was given her first paycheck and, along with it, the debit card. She said she did not sign the debit card or enroll in the payroll system because she believed the fees would reduce her future earnings to below minimum wage.