Termination Pay

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. Fired - 3 working days.
  Quit - next regular payday at least three days after employee gives notice.
• ARIZONA. Fired - earlier of next regular payday or three working days.
  Quit - next regular payday.
• ARKANSAS. Fired - within seven days.
• CALIFORNIA. Fired - at once.
  Quit - 72 hours or at once if 72 hour notice given.
• COLORADO. Fired - at once.
  Quit - next regular payday.
• CONNECTICUT. Fired - next business day.
  Quit - next regular payday.
• DELAWARE. Fired/Quit - 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, or next day if conditions prevent immediate payment. Quit - next regular payday or immediately if employee gave one pay period's notice.
• IDAHO. Fired/Quit - earlier of next regular payday or 10 days or within 48 hours of receipt of written request from employee.
• ILLINOIS. Fired/Quit - next regular payday.
• INDIANA. Fired/Quit - next regular payday.
• IOWA. Fired/Quit - next regular payday.
• KANSAS. Fired/Quit - next regular payday.
• KENTUCKY. Fired/Quit - later of next regular payday or 14 days.
• LOUISIANA. Fired/quit - by next regular payday or no later than 15 days after end of employment
• MAINE. Fired/Quit - earlier of next regular payday or within 2 weeks after demand.
• MARYLAND. Fired/Quit - next regular payday.
• MASSACHUSETTS. Fired - at once. Quit - next regular payday or Saturday after resignation if no scheduled payday.
• MICHIGAN. Fired/Quit - next regular payday.
• MINNESOTA. Fired - immediately. Quit - next regularly scheduled payday, not to exceed 20 days from the last day worked.
• MISSISSIPPI - no provision.
• MISSOURI. Fired - at once.
• MONTANA. Fired - at once. Quit - next regular pay day for the period in which the employee was separated, or 15 days, whichever occurs first.
• NEBRASKA. Fired/Quit - 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. Laid off - next regular payday. Quit - next regular payday or 72 hours if one pay period's notice given.
• NEW JERSEY. Terminated/Quit - next regular payday.
• NEW MEXICO. Fired - 5 days. Quit - next regular payday.
• NEW YORK. Fired/Quit - next regular payday.
• NORTH CAROLINA. All - next regular payday.
• NORTH DAKOTA. Fired - within 15 days or next regular payday. Quit/strike - next regular payday.
• OHIO. Quit - first of the month for wages earned in the first half of previous month. 15th of the month for wages earned in the last half of the previous month.
• OKLAHOMA. Fired/Quit - 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. Fired/Quit - next regular payday.
• PUERTO RICO. Fired/Quit - next regular payday.
• RHODE ISLAND. Fired/Quit - next regular payday.
• SOUTH CAROLINA. Fired - within 48 hours of by next regular payday, no more than 30 days.
• SOUTH DAKOTA. Fired/Quit - next regular payday or when employee returns employer property..
• TENNESSEE. Fired/Quite - Later of the next regular payday or 21 days.
• TEXAS. Fired - 6 days. Quit - next regular payday.
• UTAH. Fired - 24 hours. Quit - next regular payday.
• VERMONT. Fired - 72 hours. Quit - next regular payday or next Friday if none scheduled..
• VIRGINIA. Fired/Quit - 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. If fired due to merging, liquidating or otherwise disposing of the business, ceasing business operations in whole or in part, or relocating all or part of the business to another area within or without the state, the employer, or the successors in interest of the employer, shall pay all unpaid wages to the employee at the usual place of payment within 24 hours of the time of separation. Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations § 109.03(2), §109.03(4)
• WYOMING. Fired/Quit - 5 business days.

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