Can a direct deposit check be voided and a paper check issued?
Question: A school district within our county has requested that the COE void a direct deposit payroll check for one of their administrators without his authorization and reissue the check as an actual paper check. The district is currently in a serious personnel issue with the administrator who has gone out on “sick leave” and will not communicate with the district office. The purpose of stopping the direct deposit is to force the administrator to contact the district for his pay check. Do you have any information, guidance, references (either Ed Code or Labor Code) to assist us in our decision to void the check for direct deposit? Response: Direct deposit is voluntary and not something that the district has to provide. What the district does have to provide is the employees paycheck (in whatever form) on the set pay day, since it has been earned. So, we dont see a problem with stopping the direct deposit and issuing a paper check, but it does have to be available on the normal pay da
