Opinion No. (2009)

Dear Commissioner Fields:

This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask, in effect, the following questions:

1. Does 40 O.S.Supp. 2008, § 165.2[40-165.2], which provides for the payment of wages due an employee by electronic means, allow employers to compel employees to accept such payment by (1) direct deposit, or (2) payroll cards or other electronic means?

2. If employers may compel payment of wages by electronic means, would such employers still be required to give employees a written or printed itemized statement of deductions for each pay…