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West Coast Office Spotlight Issues
| Payroll Cards: Issues for Employers Banks and other payroll card companies might be telling you that a payroll card program will save you the cost and inconvenience of issuing and delivering paper checks. Whether payroll cards will work well for your employees depends on the details of the payroll card program you choose. |
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| Questions for Employees to Ask About Payroll Cards A payroll card is a card that allows you to access the money from your paycheck using a card that looks like a bank debit card. The money is held in an account, and you withdraw it or spend it by using the card. Here are some questions to ask if your employer offers you a payroll card. |
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| Fact sheet on state gift card protection laws A summary of key features of many state gift card laws. |
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| CA posts names of retailers of recalled beef CU advises California consumers to check list, freezers and urges USDA to release similar information nationally |
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| Blue Cross legislative package undermines consumer interest in affordable health coverage BCBSM urged to use $2.84 billion surplus to avoid rate increase, expand coverage for uninsured |
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Consumers Union's West Coast Office (WCO), based in San Francisco, is a leading advocate for consumers in California, particularly those earning low and moderate incomes. Founded in 1975, the WCO is one of three advocacy offices in the U.S. maintained by Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports.
The WCO represents the interests of consumers on a wide variety of issues in the state legislature, regulatory agencies, and the courts, and has helped win numerous consumer protections in California that led to similar reforms in other states and in Congress. Among its top priorities, are working for affordable and high quality health care, encouraging fair and equal access to insurance, capital and other financial services, and protecting consumers from abuses in the marketplace.
Other ongoing concerns include food and product safety, court secrecy, electricity deregulation and corporate accountability. In addition, the WCO's Charitable Health Assets Project works nationwide to protect community health assets when nonprofit health care companies become for-profit companies and has helped preserve billions of dollars for community health projects around the country.
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