How often must a California employer furnish an itemized wage statement to employees?
Explanation
Labor Code §226(a) requires an accurate itemized wage statement semimonthly or at the time of each payment of wages, furnished automatically as a detachable stub or an accurate electronic record. (a) confuses furnishing the statement with the separate §226(b)/(c) duty to produce payroll records for inspection within 21 days of a request. (b) confuses the wage statement with the annual federal W-2. (d) confuses it with the employer's quarterly DE 9/DE 9C payroll tax filing to EDD, which reports to the state, not to the employee.
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