California Wage Statement Lawyers

If your employer fails to provide a wage statement (pay stub) or fails to provide accurate and complete wage statement information on your wage statement, then you may be entitled damages.

You, as an employee, must be able to promptly and easily determine the necessary information from the statement alone.

This means that a reasonable person would be able to readily ascertain the information without referring to other documents or information. This information includes:

• Amount of gross wages or net wages

• Which deductions the employer made from gross wages to determine net wages

• Name of the employer

• Address of the employer

• Name and address of the legal entity that secured the services of the employer if the employer is a farm labor contractor

• Name of the employee

• Last 4 digits of the employee’s social security number or employee identification number17

Failure to accurately and completely provide this information may result in civil penalties amounting to $50 for the initial pay period and $100 per employee for each violation in a subsequent pay period. The maximum award available to an employee is $4,000.

In addition to the pay stub violation penalties, an employee is also eligible to recover

• the court costs of bringing the lawsuit and

• reasonable attorney’s fees.

An employee can also sue their employer for injunctive relief. This means that the employee can force the employer to follow California pay stub requirements, in addition to seeking damages.

If you believe your wage statements are inaccurate or are missing, it is important that you speak with an attorney as soon as you can. Contact us or Call us at (626) 432-5422 for a free consultation.