Labor/Employment
Jul. 7, 2015
Business lawyers sound the alarm about pay stub litigation
Strict liability for missing information on wage statements has lead to frivolous lawsuits, employment defense attorneys say, but plaintiffs' lawyers see the pay stub law as a check on employers.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
California businesses and their lawyers have perennially fretted about the state's
employee-friendly laws, but companies see one recent labor code amendment as beyond
the pale.
In 2012 Gov. Jerry Brown amended an existing law by creating a presumption of harm
each time an hourly employee's pay stub is missi...
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