Wage Statement & Waiting-Time Penalty Analysis

CA Lab. Code §226(e) & §203 · 1 file(s) · 3 employees · 3 with detected defects

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Records / Employees
6
3 unique employees in data
Pay Periods (class)
1
auto-detected 1 avg/emp
§226 Statement Exposure
$0
3 emp × $0/emp
§203 Waiting-Time Exposure
$5,000
1 sep. × $5,000/emp
Assumptions Tune to recompute live
§226 — Wage Statement Defects
50%
% of pay periods assumed to carry a §226(a) defect (missing gross, rate, dates, or hours)
Total biweekly/semi-monthly periods in the class period (auto-detected from data dates)
§203 — Waiting-Time Penalties
Exact number of class members who were discharged or quit during class period
30%
% of class with separated employment status (used when exact count is blank)
§203 penalty = daily rate × days (max 30). Use 30 for maximum exposure.
Pay Rate & Class
Used for daily rate in §203 calculation (daily = rate × 8 hrs)
Extrapolates sample data to full class headcount
Estimated Penalty Exposure §226 & §203
Total Penalty Exposure
$5,000
3 employees · no extrapolation
§226(e)
Wage Statement Penalties
0 defective periods (50% of 1 periods)
$50 first + $100 subsequent, cap $4,000/employee
$0
0 defective periods estimated
§203
Waiting-Time Penalties
30 days × $20.83/hr × 8 hrs/day
= $5,000 per separated employee
$5,000
30% of 3 class = 1 separations
Combined §226 + §203 Exposure
$5,000
§226(e) penalties require knowing and intentional violation; figures assume willfulness. §203 maximum is 30 days' wages per separated employee (Lab. Code §203). Figures are pre-mediation estimates and do not include PAGA stacking (computed in next module).
Employee Evidence Index — §226(a) Defects
No gross pay No hourly rate Missing dates No hours shown 3 employees
Employee Records Pay Periods Found §226(a) Defects Detected Source File(s)
Alice Chen 2 1 No gross pay test_punches.csv
Bob Nguyen 2 1 No gross pay test_punches.csv
Carol Wu 2 1 No gross pay test_punches.csv