What information must an employers payroll records contain?
• Information regarding their employees Name, address and social security number • Wage rate • The number of hours worked daily and weekly • The amount of gross wages, deductions from gross wages and net wages paid • Allowances claimed, if any, as part of the minimum wage • The time of arrival and departure of each employee working a split shift or spread of more than ten hours • The number of units produced daily and weekly by piece-rate workers Employers in “General Industry” must maintain these records for at least six years. Agricultural employers must maintain them for no less than three years.
Related Questions
- Why should an Employer have to make their tax returns made available. These records contain information of employees other then those covered by our collective bargaining agreement?
- How does an employer/contractor file its payroll records electronically with the Department of Workforce Development?
- What data, other than payroll records, is the employer required to report?
