Check an itemized wage statement against the state's published list
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the wage statement, mark which of the nine items in California Labor Code section 226(a) is shown: gross wages earned, total hours worked, piece-rate units and any piece rate if the employee is paid on a piece-rate basis, all deductions, net wages earned, the inclusive dates of the period, the employee's name and only the last four digits of the social security number or an employee identification number, the name and address of the legal entity that is the employer, and all applicable hourly rates with the corresponding hours at each rate. Do not decide that a missing hours line is a breach.
- What the lawyer must review
- A California employer must furnish an accurate itemized written statement semimonthly or at the time of each payment of wages, as a detachable part of the check, draft, or voucher, or separately if wages are paid by personal check or cash (Cal. Lab. Code § 226(a)). You decide whether each item is required on this statement. Subdivision (j) says total hours worked need not be shown in the cases that subdivision lists. Those cases were not read in full, so you open subdivision (j) before you treat a missing hours line as a breach. Federal payroll records under 29 C.F.R. § 516.2 are a different list. This statement rule is California. Other States were not opened.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Do not begin AI assistance until the responsible lawyer has defined and confirmed its permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Trace every relied-on figure to its source, confirm dates and assumptions, and independently recalculate totals or derived amounts.
- Review the original source set for relevant material absent from the output, including contrary evidence, qualifications and remaining gaps.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.