AB 1744 Summary

• Requires employers to provide employees with itemized wage statements semimonthly showing gross wages, hours worked, deductions, net wages, pay period dates, employee name and last four digits of social security number, employer name and address, and applicable hourly rates.

• Mandates temporary services employers include the rate of pay and total hours worked for each assignment on itemized statements beginning July 1, 2013.

• Requires temporary services employers to provide notice at time of hiring that includes the name, physical address, mailing address, and telephone number of the legal entity for whom the employee will perform work.

• Establishes that employees can recover $50 for initial violations and $100 per employee for subsequent violations (up to $4,000 total) for knowing and intentional wage statement violations, plus costs and attorney's fees.

• Employers must comply with employee requests to inspect or copy employment records within 21 calendar days; failure to do so results in a $750 penalty and is classified as an infraction.