Does your employer have to show you your rate of pay on your check?
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Does your employer have to show you your rate of pay on your check?
Especially when you are working scale and private jobs? From January to July I never was told what my hourly rate was and I was supposed to be making journeymen wages in AK. I have most if not all my stubs.
Asked on July 20, 2010 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
Unfortunately, it does not appear that FL requires companies to even provide pay stubs, which means that there is no requirement that the company provide information as to the rate of pay. Similarly, the federal wage and hour laws and department of labor do not require pay stubs or that this information be provided to employees, either. If you check or stubs do indicate your gross wages, however, it should be fairly easy to calculate you rate of pay if you know your hours. Similarly, it is possible that you could calculate or determine it from some of the tax forms or tax information that have to be provided to you, such as the W-2. And, of course, if you have not done so already, you can ask your employer what rate you are being paid at.
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