Are employees entitled to see and copy their payroll records?

Current and former employees have the right, under Labor Code Section 226, to inspect or receive a copy of their payroll records. When responding to this type of request, you must provide either copies of the itemized wage statements received by the employee or a computer-generated record that contains all the information on those wage statements.

You can charge an employee the actual cost of copying if you provide a copy of the records.

You have only 21 calendar days from the date of the request to provide the records, so the window to comply is shorter than for a request for personnel records.