Labor/Employment,
California Courts of Appeal
Jun. 30, 2021
Courts look to the ‘central purpose’ of Labor Code Section 226 rather than focusing on technicalities
Recent decisions suggest that courts are increasingly inclined to take a measured approach to applying the Labor Code’s wage statement requirements.
David W. Moreshead
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLPPhone: 213-683-9272
Email: david.w.moreshead@gmail.com
The California Labor Code is often considered a thorn in the side of employers. The Labor Code contains specific, and sometimes onerous, requirements on a wide range of topics. One of the Labor Code's most technical provisions specifies nine categories of information that employers must include on an employee's wage statement. Cal. Lab. Code Section 226(a). An employer's failure to comply with these ambiguous and technical requirements -- even where an error is advert...
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