California payroll compliance
California payroll compliance. Checked before it becomes expensive.
We flag California wage, hour, and misclassification issues against your actual payroll export — before they turn into penalties, back pay, or an audit.
30 min · no prep · we'll show you a real finding on your stack.
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Three steps. The work is on us.
01
Drop in your payroll export
CSV from ADP, Gusto, QuickBooks, Rippling, or a provider we haven't seen yet. We map the columns once; you don't do it again.
02
We check California rules
Minimum wage, overtime, meal and rest premiums, paystub itemization, second-meal, final-paycheck timing, and misclassification signals — checked against the current Labor Code.
03
You get fixes you can export
Every flagged item comes with the rule, the citation, and a correction you can paste back into payroll. Or hand to your provider.
Who this is for
Built for the person who owns the bill.
Head of People, Head of Finance, or founder-operator at a 50–500 person California employer. You don't have a payroll lawyer on retainer. You're the one who gets the call when an issue lands — and you don't want to find out about it from the Labor Commissioner.
Nozel is the weekly check that runs in the background while you run the company. If something is off, you know on Monday, not in October.
What we check
One jurisdiction, in depth.
Nozel covers the rules that drive the largest payroll exposure in California. Each check cites the controlling statute or wage order so your team can verify the finding before acting.
- Minimum wage (city-aware — SF, LA, San Jose, and statewide floors)
- Overtime — daily and weekly triggers under Labor Code §510
- Meal and rest period premiums — Wage Order §4 and §11
- Paystub itemization — Labor Code §226
- Second meal period — shifts over 10 hours
- Itemized wage deductions — Labor Code §226.2
- Final paycheck timing — Labor Code §201–203
- Misclassification signals — 1099 vs. W-2 heuristics against hours and control
An example report
What a check actually returns.
Every check returns a structured, exportable list of findings with citations and a suggested correction. Each row shows the violation and the exact fix.
3 findings · 1 high · 1 med · 1 low
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How your data is handled.
- Encrypted in transit and at rest.
- TLS 1.2+ on every request; AES-256 for stored data. Your payroll export never leaves our infrastructure in plaintext.
- Never used for model training.
- Your files are processed for the check you ran, then discarded. They are not retained for fine-tuning, evaluation, or any other model work — ours or anyone else's.
- Deletable on request.
- Files are deleted after each check, or sooner on request. Email hello@nozel.io and we'll action it the same business day.
Book a demo.
We'll walk through your stack and show you what Nozel catches in a sample of your payroll. 30 minutes, no prep, and you'll leave with at least one real finding.
Pricing is calibrated per workspace — we'll walk through it on the call.
FAQ
What teams ask first.
Do you handle multiple states?
No. Nozel checks California only. The California Labor Code and the Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Orders are dense enough that we'd rather be excellent at one jurisdiction than shallow at fifty.
How do you keep up with labor law changes?
Every check is grounded in the California Labor Code and the current Wage Orders, refreshed weekly. Your report cites the exact section that applies to each finding so you can verify it yourself before acting on it.
How long does a check take?
Most checks complete in under a minute for a single pay period. A 12-month export typically takes 3–5 minutes. The actual time is spent reviewing flagged items, not waiting on the engine.
Do you sign a BAA or DPA?
Yes. We sign a Data Processing Agreement before any payroll data is uploaded, and we're happy to align with your security review. Email hello@nozel.io and we'll send the standard paperwork same day.
Will Nozel make changes to my payroll?
No. Nozel flags issues and proposes corrections — you and your payroll provider decide whether to apply them. We surface the calculation; you decide.
What does Nozel cost?
Pricing is calibrated per workspace — payroll volume, number of entities, and how often you run checks. We'll walk through it on the call.