3. Check your pay stub

The law says that on or before your payday, your employer must give you a statement of your wages. This is often called a pay stub.

It's always a good idea to look carefully at your pay stub. You can check that your employer is following the law and giving you all of the money they're supposed

The pay stub must include:

• your rate of pay, if you have one, for example, how much you make in an hour
• the pay period, for example, June 1 to June 14
• your wages for that period, before and after any amounts your employer took
• how much they took and the reasons why
• the amount of your wages that your employer paid you through a room or , if they give you

Your employer must also include how they decided what to pay you, if they did not tell you this somewhere else, like in an employment contract. For example, your employer might say that they decided your pay based on the hours you worked or the number of items you finished making.