I have found my DetroitYES family to give more thoughtful, complete, and reliable answers than Wikipedia, so here comes another question about labor laws.

My sister-in-law, who is mildly mentally retarded, worked for about a year for the Ann Arbor office of a large moving and rental company.

She received her pay through direct deposit to a US Bank debit card. By calling a toll-free number on the card, she was able to find out when she had last been paid, the balance on the card, and other information.

The problem, as she described to me today, is that she has no idea what deductions they took from her pay or even if she was paid for number of hours that she worked. She has no information about gross pay or itemized deductions.

Today she asked her former supervisor about an accounting for each pay period, and the supervisor answered that "they don't do that, it's all automatic."

Are there state or federal laws that require the employer to give employees an accounting of their pay?