--- title: "Connecticut Final Paycheck Law: When It's Due | MCC" description: "Connecticut final paycheck: due 1 working day after a firing, next payday after a quit. Unused vacation payout and dated examples." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-connecticut" --- Final pay · Connecticut # Connecticut final paycheck law When Connecticut says a departing employee must be paid, what changes between a firing and a quit, and what Connecticut's official pages say about unused vacation, getting the check to the employee and late pay. [![Intuit ProAdvisor Gold tier badge](/img/credentials/intuit-proadvisor-gold.png)](https://proadvisor.intuit.com/app/accountant/search?searchId=matthew-coleman77)Gold tier in Intuit's ProAdvisor program. [See my Intuit listing](https://proadvisor.intuit.com/app/accountant/search?searchId=matthew-coleman77) Want this tracked every month? Wrenfold keeps your budget on your own device. [See Wrenfold](/personal-finance) **Short answer.** Fired or laid off: No later than the business day after the discharge. Quit: Not later than the next regular payday, through regular channels or by mail. ## Connecticut final pay at a glance Fired or laid off No later than the business day after the discharge. Quit Not later than the next regular payday, through regular channels or by mail. Law C.G.S. 31-71c Agency Connecticut Department of Labor, Wage and Workplace Standards Division ## In Connecticut's words **Fired or laid off** Hiring in another state? [Employer registration in Connecticut, done for you](/bookkeeping/out-of-state-employer-registration), or [a free bookkeeping health check](/bookkeeping/health-check). "no later than the business day next succeeding the date of such discharge" **Quitting** "not later than the next regular pay day" ## Example with dates Suppose a Connecticut employee's last day is Thursday, November 5, 2026 and the weekly payroll's next payday is Wednesday, November 11, 2026. The final check would be due: - **Fired or laid off:** Friday, November 6, 2026 - **Quit:** Wednesday, November 11, 2026 Your own dates: [open the calculator set to Connecticut](/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-due-date-calculator?state=ct). ## Unused vacation in Connecticut If an employer policy or union contract provides for paying out accrued fringe benefits (vacation, holidays, sick days, earned leave), a terminated employee must be paid them as wages, at no less than the earned average rate for the accrual period. ## Getting the check to a former Connecticut employee An employee who resigns is paid through the regular payment channels or by mail. ## If a Connecticut final paycheck is late An employee may recover twice the unpaid wages plus costs and attorney's fees; if the employer shows a good-faith belief it complied, the recovery is the unpaid amount plus costs and fees. ## Worth knowing in Connecticut Layoffs and suspensions for a labor dispute follow the next-regular-payday rule, not the next-business-day rule for a discharge. **Not stated on the Connecticut pages we read:** commissions. ## Official Connecticut sources - [Connecticut DOL: Wage Payment Laws (DOL-74, Rev. 12/23)](https://portal.ct.gov/dol/-/media/DOL/2022-New-Design-System/Divisions/wage-and-workplace-standards/WagePaymentLaws_Update12-2023.pdf) (checked November 2026) Connecticut rules as published on the pages above, checked November 2026. General information, not legal advice; we are not lawyers. A union contract or written agreement can change the timing. ## Connecticut final paycheck questions **How soon is a final paycheck due after a firing in Connecticut?** No later than the business day after the discharge. Connecticut Department of Labor, Wage and Workplace Standards Division puts it as "no later than the business day next succeeding the date of such discharge." **When does an employee who quits in Connecticut get the last check?** Not later than the next regular payday, through regular channels or by mail. Notice doesn't change it on the page we checked. **Is unused vacation paid out at the end of a job in Connecticut?** If an employer policy or union contract provides for paying out accrued fringe benefits (vacation, holidays, sick days, earned leave), a terminated employee must be paid them as wages, at no less than the earned average rate for the accrual period. **Can a Connecticut final paycheck be mailed or direct deposited?** An employee who resigns is paid through the regular payment channels or by mail. **What does Connecticut law say about a late final paycheck?** An employee may recover twice the unpaid wages plus costs and attorney's fees; if the employer shows a good-faith belief it complied, the recovery is the unpaid amount plus costs and fees. 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