Which authority dictates the information provided on a payroll check stub?

• A. Individual States
• B. Federal Unemployment Tax Act
• C. Federal Wage and Hour Division
• D. Social Security Administration

Answer: (A)

State laws set what must appear on a payroll check stub. Each state’s wage-payment or payroll-recordkeeping statutes specify the items that must be disclosed, such as pay period, gross and net wages, deductions, and year-to-date totals, along with identifying information. There isn’t a single federal rule that prescribes the exact content of a pay stub; federal agencies like the Wage and Hour Division enforce wage practices in general, but they don’t dictate a uniform pay-stub format nationwide. The other options cover taxes or benefits, not the specific stub requirements. So, the authority that dictates the information shown on a payroll check stub is the individual states.