Since January 2012, employers must provide new hires with a form detailing certain information about the employer and the employee’s rate of pay. Which agency created the form to assist?

• A. CA Labor Standards Enforcement
• B. CA Department of Industrial Relations
• C. CA Department of Social Services
• D. CA Department of Education

Answer: (A)

The important idea is who oversees wage-and-hour notices in California. The Wage Theft Protection Act requires new hires to receive a notice detailing the employer’s information and the employee’s rate of pay at the start of employment. The official form to help fulfill this requirement is created by the Labor Standards Enforcement division, which is the part of the California Department of Industrial Relations that enforces wage-and-hour laws. The other departments listed don’t handle these wage notice forms. So the agency that created the form to assist is the Labor Standards Enforcement.