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California Employment Law Glossary

Wage Statement Violations
Wage & Hour

 

Definition


 

California Labor Code Section 226 requires employers to provide accurate, fully itemized pay stubs with every paycheck. Required information includes hours worked, applicable pay rates, gross and net wages, and employer name and address. Employees who receive inaccurate or incomplete pay stubs may recover statutory penalties of $50 to $100 per pay period, up to $4,000 - regardless of whether actual wages were underpaid.


Frequently Asked Questions

California pay stubs must show gross and net wages, all hours worked, applicable pay rates, deductions, pay period dates, and the employer's legal name and address, among other required details.

Yes. Wage statement penalties are separate from whether you were correctly paid - you can recover statutory penalties simply because the pay stub itself was inaccurate or incomplete.

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