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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="3-504" title_number="3" title_name="Employment Standards and Conditions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Wage Payment and Collection">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An employer shall give to each employee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>at the time of hiring, written notice of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the rate of pay of the employee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the regular paydays that the employer sets; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>leave benefits;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for each pay period, a written statement on the physical pay stub or the online pay statement that includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the employer’s name registered with the State, address, and telephone number;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the date of payment and the beginning and ending dates of the pay period for which the payment is made;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>unless the employee is exempt from overtime under federal and State law, the number of hours worked during the pay period;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the rates of pay;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the gross and net pay earned during the pay period;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the amount and name of all deductions;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>a list of additional bases of pay, including bonuses, commissions on sales, or other bases; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>for each employee paid at a piece rate, the applicable piece rates of pay and the number of pieces completed at each piece rate; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>at least 1 pay period in advance, notice of any change in a payday or wage.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not prohibit an employer from increasing a wage without advance notice.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Commissioner shall create and make available to an employer at no charge a pay stub template that may be used by the employer to comply with this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
