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

3 unique employees in data

Pay Periods (class)

auto-detected 2 avg/emp

§226 Statement Exposure

$150

3 emp × $50/emp

§203 Waiting-Time Exposure

$3,840

1 sep. × $3,840/emp

Assumptions Tune to recompute live

§226 — Wage Statement Defects

Defective Statement Rate

50%

% of pay periods assumed to carry a §226(a) defect (missing gross, rate, dates, or hours)

Class-Period Pay Periods

Total biweekly/semi-monthly periods in the class period (auto-detected from data dates)

§203 — Waiting-Time Penalties

Separated Employees (exact count)

Exact number of class members who were discharged or quit during class period

Separation Rate (if count unknown)

30%

% of class with separated employment status (used when exact count is blank)

Avg Days Final Wages Delayed

§203 penalty = daily rate × days (max 30). Use 30 for maximum exposure.

Pay Rate & Class

Hourly Rate Override ($/hr)

Used for daily rate in §203 calculation (daily = rate × 8 hrs)

Total Class Size

Extrapolates sample data to full class headcount

Estimated Penalty Exposure §226 & §203

Total Penalty Exposure

$3,990

3 employees · no extrapolation

§226(e)

Wage Statement Penalties
1 defective periods (50% of 2 periods)
$50 first + $100 subsequent, cap $4,000/employee

$150

$50/emp · 1 defective periods (not capped)

§203

Waiting-Time Penalties
30 days × $16.00/hr × 8 hrs/day
= $3,840 per separated employee

$3,840

30% of 3 class = 1 separations

Combined §226 + §203 Exposure

$3,990

§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)
Maria Lopez	2	2	No gross pay No hourly rate Missing dates	adp_timecard_1.csv
Jane Smith	2	2	No gross pay No hourly rate Missing dates	adp_timecard_1.csv
John Doe	2	2	No gross pay No hourly rate Missing dates	adp_timecard_1.csv