Termination Pay

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Did you know that you may have a limited amount of time in which to give exiting employees their final pay checks? (The guidelines noted below are general in nature; special rules or exceptions may also exist.  Check with your state agency or collective bargaining agreements if you have questions. 

• ALABAMA - no provision.
• ALASKA. All - 3 working days.
• ARIZONA. Fired - earlier of next regular payday or three working days.
  Quit - next regular payday.
• ARKANSAS. Fired - within seven days after demand or request.
• CALIFORNIA. Fired - at once. Quit - 72 hours or at once if 72 hour notice given.   Strikers - next regular payday.
• COLORADO. Fired - at once. Quit/strike - next regular payday.
• CONNECTICUT. Fired - next business day. Quit/laid off - next regular payday.
• DELAWARE. All - next regular payday.
• DC. Fired - next business day. Quit - earlier of next regular payday or seven days.
• FLORIDA - no provision.
• GEORGIA - no provision.
• HAWAII. Fired - at once. Quit - next regular payday.
• IDAHO. All - earlier of next regular payday or 10 days or within 48 hours of receipt of written request from employee.
• ILLINOIS. All - at once, if possible, but no later than next regular payday.
• INDIANA. All - next regular payday.
• IOWA. Fired - next regular payday.
• KANSAS. Fired/quit - next regular payday.
• KENTUCKY. Fired/quit - later of next regular payday or 14 days.
• LOUISIANA. Fired/quit/laid off - by next regular payday or no later than 15 days after end of employment
• MAINE. All - earlier of next regular payday or 2 weeks after demand.
• MARYLAND. Fired/quit - next regular payday.
• MASSACHUSETTS. Fired - at once. Quit - next regular payday.
• MICHIGAN. Fired - 4 working days. Quit - next regular payday.
• MINNESOTA. Fired - on demand or within 24 hours. Voluntary-quit employees - next regularly scheduled payday, not to exceed 20 days from the last day worked.
• MISSISSIPPI - no provision.
• MISSOURI. Fired - at once or 7 days if payment by mail.
• MONTANA. Wages are not due until the next pay day for the period in which the employee was separated, or 15 days, whichever occurs first.
• NEBRASKA. All - earlier of next regular payday or 2 weeks.
• NEVADA. Fired - at once. Quit - earlier of next regular payday or 7 days.
• NEW HAMPSHIRE. Fired - 72 hours. Quit - next regular payday or 72 hours if one pay period's notice given.
• NEW JERSEY. Terminated/laid off - next regular payday.
• NEW MEXICO. Fired - 5 days. Quit - next regular payday.
• NEW YORK. All - next regular payday.
• NORTH CAROLINA. All - next regular payday.
• NORTH DAKOTA. Fired - within 15 days or next regular payday. Quit/strike - next regular payday. Railroad - immediate.
• OHIO. no provision.
• OKLAHOMA. All - next regular payday.
• OREGON. Fired - next business day. Quit - earlier of next regular payday or 5 days or at once if 48 hours' notice given.
• PENNSYLVANIA. All - next regular payday.
• PUERTO RICO. All - next regular payday.
• RHODE ISLAND. Fired/striking - next regular payday. Laid off - within 24 hours of discharge.
• SOUTH CAROLINA. All - within 48 hours of by next regular payday, no more than 30 days.
• SOUTH DAKOTA. All - next regular payday.
• TENNESSEE. Must include vacation or other compensatory time.
• TEXAS. Fired - 6  days. Other - next regular payday.
• UTAH. Fired - 24 hours. Quit/Strike - next regular payday.
• VERMONT. Fired - 72 hours. Quit - next regular payday.
• VIRGINIA. All - next regular payday.
• WASHINGTON. Fired/quit - end of pay period.
• WEST VIRGINIA. Fired - 72 hours. Quit - next regular payday or at once if one pay period's notice given.
• WISCONSIN. Fired/quit - next regular payday.
• WYOMING. Fired/quit - 5 working days.
  
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