What To Include on a Pay Stub

1. Gross wages earned;

2. Total hours worked by the employee (unless properly exempt from overtime);

3. The number of piece-rate units earned and any applicable piece rate if the employee is paid on a piece-rate basis;

4. All deductions (all deductions made on written agreement of the employee may be aggregated and shown as one item);

5. Net wages earned;

6. The inclusive dates of the period for which the employee is paid;

7. The name of the employee and the last four digits of the social security number or employee identification number – not the entire social security number;

8. The name and address of the legal entity that is the employer; and

9. All applicable hourly rates in effect during the pay period and the corresponding number of hours worked at each hourly rate.

According to our friends at Fisher & Phillips:

California Labor Code 226 is not a recent statute, but employees have begun regularly including claims under this statute in many actions filed against employers…This is true low-hanging fruit on the litigation tree.