Actually, it's not hard at all to give you a direct answer now that you've specified that you only want your "payroll times."
Section 226 applies to payroll records. Read 226 (a) for a description of payroll records:
http://law.onecle.com/california/labor/226.html
Seems clear now that the 21 day time limit applies requests for payroll information and the penalties are different.

