Understanding your pay
Unpaid Lunch Breaks on Your Pay Stub: How to Check Paid Hours
Learn how unpaid lunch affects paid hours, compare your timecard with your pay stub, and check a worked example before reporting a missing-hours error.
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What Does YTD Mean on a Pay Stub? How to Check the Totals
Understand YTD earnings and deductions, reconcile consecutive pay stubs, and avoid counting the same income twice with a simple worked example.
Pay records
Final Paycheck: What to Check After Leaving a Job
Review the dates, earnings, unused leave, deductions, and records on your final paycheck, and learn why payment deadlines depend on the applicable rules.
Understanding your pay
401(k) Deductions on Your Pay Stub: Pre-Tax vs. Roth
Read your 401(k) deduction, compare pre-tax and Roth contributions, and check the amount against your payroll election with a clear fictional example.
Understanding your pay
Decimal Hours on a Pay Stub: How to Convert Hours and Minutes
Learn why 7.50 hours means seven hours thirty minutes, convert minutes correctly, and check payroll totals without confusing decimals with clock time.
Pay records
How to Correct a Pay Stub Error: A Payroll Request Checklist
Learn how to document a pay stub discrepancy, request a payroll correction, and check the revised statement and payment without altering the original.
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