Wage Statement & Waiting-Time Penalty Analysis

CA Lab. Code §226(e) & §203 · 1 file(s) · 2 employees · 1 with detected defects

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Records / Employees
6
2 unique employees in data
Pay Periods (class)
2
auto-detected 2 avg/emp
§226 Statement Exposure
$100
2 emp × $50/emp
§203 Waiting-Time Exposure
$5,400
1 sep. × $5,400/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
$5,500
2 employees · no extrapolation
§226(e)
Wage Statement Penalties
1 defective periods (50% of 2 periods)
$50 first + $100 subsequent, cap $4,000/employee
$100
$50/emp · 1 defective periods (not capped)
§203
Waiting-Time Penalties
30 days × $22.50/hr × 8 hrs/day
= $5,400 per separated employee
$5,400
30% of 2 class = 1 separations
Combined §226 + §203 Exposure
$5,500
§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 2 employees
Employee Records Pay Periods Found §226(a) Defects Detected Source File(s)
Alice Smith 3 2 No defects detected test_wages.csv
Bob Jones 3 2 No gross pay No hourly rate test_wages.csv