What are my legal rights to copies of my timecards and tax deductions?
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What are my legal rights to copies of my timecards and tax deductions?
My employer has never provided paycheck stubs. I am suspicious that taxes aren’t deducted correctly and even timecard hours aren’t added correctly. I am no longer employed there and have requested numerous times for copies and they will not cooperate.
Asked on January 4, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Indiana
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If your former employer has not provided you with paycheck stubs for your paychecks where certain deductions presumably were to be taken out after your have requested them, I too would be suspicious of the refusal. You should be receiving a W-2 from your former employer shortly for the 2011 tax year where the deductions should be listed.
If you do not receive the W-2 from your former employer by the end of this month, you should have a meeting with your local labor department about the former employer.
I would send the former employer a letter seeking copies of your time cards and copies of your paycheck stubs. Keep a copy of the letter for future reference and need. You are entitled to the items you requested, at least copies of such assuming they exist.
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