California Wage Lawyer Goes Over What Goes on Pay Stub in California

A Discussion With Keller Grover California Wage & Hour Lawyer

SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / March 10, 2015 / In California, paycheck stubs must include certain information. In a new video, employment lawyer Eric Grover covers the requirements-and what employees can do when they’re not met.

While paychecks may seem like a straightforward concept, there are actually some very specific requirements as to what information must be included with an employee’s pay. In California, this includes the legal name and address of the employer, information on wages earned, hours worked, and deductions. Providing this information isn’t optional. Fortunately, there are steps California employees can take when violations occur.

In a new Google Hangout California Wage Lawyer Goes over What California Paycheck laws from the law firm Keller Grover, employment lawyer Eric Grover discusses what California law requires be included on a paycheck stub. In the video – now available for viewing on YouTube at http://youtu.be/-YNO4VoQ9t0 – Grover also explains what penalties are available when employers fail to issue complaint paystubs, fail to keep accurate payroll records, or withhold pay records from employees.

“California law is designed to protect employees from improper payroll practices and part of the way the law does this is by requiring certain information to be included with a paycheck,” says Grover. “For example, each time you are paid – whether by check or cash – you must be given, on a paystub or other writing, an itemized statement that includes gross wages earned and deductions made, the inclusive dates of the pay period, and net wages earned, among other information. For hourly workers, the total number of hours worked as well as the applicable hourly rates must also be included.”

The idea, says Grover, is that transparency fosters responsibility. “The more information employees have about how their pay is calculated, and how deductions were made, the easier it for them to understand when errors are made, either by mistake or intentionally. California law takes this very seriously. It’s why employers have to provide this information, and why they must maintain payroll records and make them available to employees. Finally, and crucially, it is why there are penalties for employers who do not follow the rules.”

Those penalties – and what employees can do to spur remedial measures when they think their employers are not abiding by the law – are a key focus of the Hangout. “This is why we do these videos,” says Grover, whose firm has offices in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. “Just as information on your paycheck is important to understanding whether you are being paid correctly, information about the law is crucial to knowing when your rights have been infringed and what you can do when that happens.”

To help inform California employees of their rights and remedies regarding wage theft, Grover suggests Hangout viewers visit two websites in particular: http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/faq_paydays.htm and www.CAWageHourLaw.com.

Upcoming Google Hangouts from Keller Grover will cover other aspects of employment law, helping employees to better understand their rights – and better protect them. You can contact the wage and hour lawyers at Keller Grover at 888.601.6939 – 24/7.

SOURCE: Keller Grover LLP

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