payroll record
Staff compensation log
A payroll record is documentation of employee compensation—wages, hours worked, deductions, and taxes withheld.
Employers maintain payroll records for accounting purposes and legal compliance: The auditor requested three years of payroll records.
The term usually appears in plural form, referring to the complete set of such documents.
- paycheckCompensation for labor
- wagesPayment for work
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- timesheetsWork hour documentation
- time clockShift tracking device
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