How A Giant Restaurant Conglomerate Teamed Up With Banks To Stiff Its Workers

[Snarkoleptic]

36. It seems that there are barriers to easy/no-fee access to the fruit of their labor.

Among the relevante bullet points in the OP are-
76% OF EMPLOYEES reported having to pay fees to access their wages at the ATM.
24% OF EMPLOYEES reported fees at point-of-purchase.
42% REPORTED experiencing problems accessing their wages through the payroll card.
49% REPORTED that they do not have access to ATMs that do not charge them a fee to access their wages. (an apparent subset of the 76% above)

Also, as related in my comment #1 above, I only managed to pull out 84% of the value on a card I received as a spiff from my employer.

In sum, these money access schemes only appear to be inflicted upon those in lower and middle income levels.
Yet another example of how we're prey for the corporatocracy to feed upon.