California PAGA audit service
Easeworks runs a managed forensic wage-and-hour audit for California employers before a notice arrives, after an LWDA letter lands, or while counsel is already evaluating a matter. Audits run on PAGIQ, the forensic platform Easeworks built and owns.
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What this audit is for
01 / Locate the matter
Choose the closest stage. We will carry it into the audit request so you do not have to explain the situation twice.
Proactive audit
Notice response support
Demand-letter triage
Counsel-support audit
02 / Request the audit
Give us the minimum facts needed to route urgency and prepare the right records request. You do not need to diagnose the violations first.
Request received
An Easeworks specialist will follow up to confirm urgency, records, and whether counsel should direct the engagement.
03 / Inside the audit
The work follows the records that usually drive California wage-and-hour and PAGA exposure, not a generic HR checklist.
Timing, premiums, and patterns that ordinary payroll reports often miss.
Whether bonuses, allowances, and differentials are flowing into the right rate calculations.
Itemization, rates, hours, and other Labor Code §226 fields that create stacking exposure.
Termination timing issues that can expand a narrow problem into a broader claim.
Rounding, missing punches, edits, and reconstruction issues across the lookback window.
Where written rules and actual operations diverge enough to matter in an audit or claim.
Records in
Managed analysis
Decision file out
04 / Timing changes exposure
AB 2288 and SB 92 changed how courts and the LWDA evaluate employer timing. Exact outcomes still depend on the facts of the notice, the employer’s size, and whether all reasonable steps can be shown.
If, before receiving a PAGA notice or certain records requests, the employer took all reasonable steps to comply with the provisions later identified, civil penalties recoverable in the action may be limited to not more than 15% of the penalty otherwise sought. See Labor Code §2699(g).
If within 60 days after receiving the notice the employer takes all reasonable steps to prospectively comply with the identified provisions, recoverable civil penalties may be limited to not more than 30%. See Labor Code §2699(h).
SB 92 and LWDA procedures create optional cure and response paths with specific filing requirements. Deadlines are fact-specific; employers should involve counsel for strategy and filings.
These are statutory frameworks, not guarantees. Whether a penalty limitation applies depends on the totality of the circumstances, including employer size, resources, and the nature of the alleged violations. Easeworks does not provide legal advice.
Free documentation kit Download the AB 2288 reasonable-steps checklist →Before we begin
Preserve payroll and timekeeping records, note the date on the LWDA letter, and involve employment counsel promptly. Easeworks can support the data and audit work; counsel should own legal strategy, LWDA filings, and settlement decisions.
No. Easeworks provides forensic wage-and-hour audit services and analysis support. Legal advice, privilege strategy, and court filings belong with the employer’s attorney.
No. Labor Code §2699 may limit recoverable civil penalties to not more than 15% or 30% when an employer took all reasonable steps under the statute’s timing rules. Whether that applies is fact-specific and evaluated by courts under the totality of the circumstances.
Engagements commonly cover up to a four-year records window because PAGA, underlying wage claims, and related unfair-competition theories can stack different lookbacks. The exact window is confirmed during intake.
The Easeworks audit is a managed service for employers. PAGIQ is the forensic software platform Easeworks built and owns. Attorneys and firms can use PAGIQ directly. Many employer audits run on PAGIQ as part of the analysis workflow.
Yes. PAGIQ is positioned as a neutral forensic analysis instrument built and owned by Easeworks. Messaging and access paths for attorneys live on /paga-iq.
Privilege depends on how counsel structures the engagement. Easeworks can work under attorney direction when requested, but a marketing page cannot promise privilege for every audit.
Urgent notice matters are triaged first. Call (888) 843-0880 or submit the audit request with the notice date and we will confirm the earliest workable start.
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If a notice already arrived, call now. If you are still ahead of the letter, request the audit and we will confirm the records needed.
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