Effective July 1, 2026, employers in Alaska are officially permitted to pay employee wages via paycard, if certain conditions are met [S.B. 79, L. 2026]. Prior to this, PayrollOrg received guidance from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DLWD) that paycards were allowed.
An employee must be allowed at least one cost-free withdrawal per week or pay period, whichever is longer, of their full net wages. An employee must also be provided with an unlimited cost-free way to check the balance of the payroll card account.
Learn more about this new law by going to PayrollOrg’s Wage Solutions Resource Center and selecting “News” under the “Resources” heading at the top right hand corner of the page. You can find the latest earned wage access news, along with information about other wage payment methods.
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Lia Coniglio, Esq., is Managing Editor of PayState Update and Senior Manager of State Payroll Information Resources for PayrollOrg.