

PAYCHEX BIOMETRIC TIME CLOCK USER GUIDE VERIFICATION
Such identity verification technology has been widely deployed at job sites throughout the country to combat so-called “punch fraud,” in which workers might punch the clock on behalf of a co-worker who has either arrived late or left early, so as to make it appear the co-worker was on the job, when they were not. The biometric systems require workers to verify their identities by scanning their fingerprints when punching the clock when beginning and ending work shifts.

Jenkins, of the firm of Stephan Zouras LLP, of Chicago. The lawsuit was filed by attorneys Ryan F. The class action lawsuit was brought on behalf of the action’s named plaintiff, Weathertech employee Wardell Brown, and all other Weathertech employees in Illinois who tracked their work hours using so-called biometric timeclock systems. Weathertech and ADP were sued in May 2019 under the Illinois Biometrics Information Privacy Act. The lawsuit, styled as a third party complaint, asserts ADP and Paychex operated the timeclocks, and didn't educate and warn Weathertech of its potential liability under Illinois law. MacNeil, which does business as Weathertech, is based in southwest suburban Bolingbrook, where it produces a popular line of all-weather car floormats, trunk liners and other heavy duty rubber car and truck accessories. Late last year, Weathertech’s parent company, MacNeil Automotive Products, filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court against two human resources services vendors ADP LLC and Paychex Inc. Vehicle accessory maker WeatherTech is suing the vendors that supplied its worker timeclocks, as the manufacturer seeks to rid itself of liability – and any potential court-ordered payouts – under a class action lawsuit brought by Weathertech workers who claim the manufacturer violated an Illinois biometrics privacy law by making workers scan their fingerprints when punching the clock.
