ADP Not Liable for Bad Paychecks, Firm Tells Calif. Top Court

ADP LLC and other payroll processors shouldn’t be liable for errors that employees of other companies may claim on their paychecks, attorneys for ADP told the California Supreme Court.

Employees’ claims of improper wages belong with the employer, Robert Lewis, a partner with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP who represents ADP, told the state’s highest court during oral argument. The California Labor Code doesn’t permit an employer to assign the duty for accurate wage statements to a third party such as ADP, Lewis said.

A ruling against the payroll and HR services provider could wreck havoc on the 1,100 payroll ...