{
 "dataset": "final-pay",
 "title": "Final paycheck deadlines by state",
 "description": "When final wages are due after a firing or a resignation in each state and DC, with vacation, commission and penalty rules, as a free CSV and JSON file.",
 "url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/final-pay",
 "publisher": "MCC Solutions",
 "license": {
  "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Credit \"MCC Solutions\" and link to https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/final-pay"
 },
 "checked": "2026-11",
 "row_count": 51,
 "accuracy": "Facts come from official government pages as they read on the checked date. Anything not confirmed there is null and named in the row's unconfirmed list. General information, not legal or tax advice; MCC Solutions is not a law firm and we are not lawyers.",
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   "name": "jurisdiction_code",
   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "Two-letter postal code of the state or DC."
  },
  {
   "name": "jurisdiction",
   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "State name (or District of Columbia)."
  },
  {
   "name": "agency",
   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "State agency that enforces final pay rules. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "law",
   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "Statute or rule the official source cites for final pay. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "fired.rule.kind",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "Machine-readable type of the deadline after the employer ends the job (for example a count of working days or the next regular payday)."
  },
  {
   "name": "fired.rule.n",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Number of days or hours in that deadline, when the rule has one."
  },
  {
   "name": "fired.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "The deadline after the employer ends the job, in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "fired.wording",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "The official source's own words for that deadline. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "quit_notice.rule.kind",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "Machine-readable type of the deadline when an employee quits and gave notice."
  },
  {
   "name": "quit_notice.rule.n",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Number of days or hours in that deadline, when it has one."
  },
  {
   "name": "quit_notice.rule.gap",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "For payday rules with a gap: the minimum days between the last day and the payday that counts."
  },
  {
   "name": "quit_notice.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "The deadline when an employee quits with notice, in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "quit_notice.wording",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "The official source's own words for that deadline. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "quit_no_notice.rule.kind",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "Machine-readable type of the deadline when an employee quits without notice."
  },
  {
   "name": "quit_no_notice.rule.n",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Number of days or hours in that deadline, when it has one."
  },
  {
   "name": "quit_no_notice.rule.gap",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "For payday rules with a gap: the minimum days between the last day and the payday that counts."
  },
  {
   "name": "quit_no_notice.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "The deadline when an employee quits without notice, in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "quit_no_notice.wording",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "The official source's own words for that deadline. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "notice_rule",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "How much notice counts as quitting \"with notice\", where the state sets it."
  },
  {
   "name": "vacation",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Whether accrued vacation is paid out with final wages. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "commissions",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "When commissions owed at separation must be paid. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "method",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "How final wages may be delivered (mail, usual pay channel, on request). Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "penalty",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Waiting-time or other penalty for late final pay. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "notes",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Other points from the official source. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "unconfirmed",
   "type": "array of strings",
   "meaning": "Fields the official sources read did not confirm for this row. Those values are null."
  },
  {
   "name": "source_urls",
   "type": "array of strings",
   "meaning": "Links to the official sources (all of them for jurisdictions with their own page; the main linked source for the others)."
  },
  {
   "name": "checked",
   "type": "date (YYYY-MM-DD)",
   "meaning": "When the row's sources were opened (YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD). A row with no official source carries the date of the check that found none."
  },
  {
   "name": "page_url",
   "type": "string (URL)",
   "meaning": "The page on mcc-solutionsnj.com that explains this row."
  }
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   "quit_notice.rule.n": null,
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   "quit_no_notice.rule.n": null,
   "quit_no_notice.rule.gap": null,
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   "unconfirmed": [
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    "method",
    "penalty"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://adol.alabama.gov/faq/i-have-questions-about-pay-unpaid-wages-breaks-vacation-pay-fmla-etc/"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "AK",
   "jurisdiction": "Alaska",
   "fired.rule.kind": "working_days",
   "fired.rule.n": 3,
   "quit_notice.rule.kind": "payday_gap",
   "quit_notice.rule.n": null,
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   "notice_rule": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
    "vacation",
    "commissions",
    "method",
    "penalty"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://labor.alaska.gov/lss/whfaq.htm"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "AZ",
   "jurisdiction": "Arizona",
   "agency": "Arizona Industrial Commission, Labor Department",
   "law": "A.R.S. 23-353",
   "fired.rule.kind": "working_days",
   "fired.rule.n": 7,
   "fired.text": "Within 7 working days or by the end of the next regular pay period, whichever is sooner.",
   "fired.wording": "whichever is sooner",
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   "quit_notice.rule.n": null,
   "quit_notice.rule.gap": null,
   "quit_notice.text": "No later than the regular payday for the pay period in which the employment ended.",
   "quit_notice.wording": "no later than the regular payday for the pay period during which the termination occurred",
   "quit_no_notice.rule.kind": "next_payday",
   "quit_no_notice.rule.n": null,
   "quit_no_notice.rule.gap": null,
   "quit_no_notice.text": "No later than the regular payday for the pay period in which the employment ended.",
   "quit_no_notice.wording": "no later than the regular payday for the pay period during which the termination occurred",
   "notice_rule": null,
   "vacation": null,
   "commissions": null,
   "method": "On request, an employee who quits can get final wages by mail. Wages must be paid in U.S. money, by a check, draft or money order that can be cashed right away, or by deposit to the employee's chosen account.",
   "penalty": "The statute classifies a violation of this section as a petty offense.",
   "notes": "Arizona's firing rule has two clocks and the earlier one wins: 7 working days, or the end of the next regular pay period.",
   "unconfirmed": [
    "vacation",
    "commissions"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/23/00353.htm"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-arizona"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "AR",
   "jurisdiction": "Arkansas",
   "fired.rule.kind": "next_payday",
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   "quit_notice.rule.n": null,
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    "quit_notice",
    "quit_no_notice",
    "vacation",
    "commissions"
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   "source_urls": [
    "https://labor.arkansas.gov/resources/faqs/"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "CA",
   "jurisdiction": "California",
   "agency": "California Labor Commissioner's Office (DLSE)",
   "law": "Labor Code 201, 202, 203, 227.3",
   "fired.rule.kind": "same_day",
   "fired.rule.n": null,
   "fired.text": "Immediately, at the time of discharge, including accrued vacation.",
   "fired.wording": "must be paid all of his or her wages, including accrued vacation, immediately at the time of termination",
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   "quit_notice.rule.n": null,
   "quit_notice.rule.gap": null,
   "quit_notice.text": "At the time of quitting, if the employee gave at least 72 hours' notice and leaves on the date given.",
   "quit_notice.wording": "must be paid all of his or her wages, including accrued vacation, at the time of quitting",
   "quit_no_notice.rule.kind": "hours",
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   "quit_no_notice.text": "Within 72 hours of quitting.",
   "quit_no_notice.wording": "within 72 hours of quitting",
   "notice_rule": "At least 72 hours' notice",
   "vacation": "Accrued vacation is part of final wages and is paid with them, on the same deadline.",
   "commissions": "The employer has to work out commissions and pay them on the termination date; for a quit without 72 hours' notice, within 72 hours.",
   "method": "An employee who quits without notice can ask for the final check to be mailed to an address they choose. Direct deposit authorizations end at separation unless the employee voluntarily authorized final pay by direct deposit under Labor Code 213(d).",
   "penalty": "Waiting time penalty when the employer willfully fails to pay: the employee's daily rate of pay for each day wages stay unpaid, up to 30 calendar days.",
   "notes": "Special industries (oil drilling, motion pictures, seasonal agricultural work) have their own timing on the same DLSE page.",
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/faq_paydays.htm"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-california"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "CO",
   "jurisdiction": "Colorado",
   "agency": "Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Labor Standards and Statistics",
   "law": "C.R.S. 8-4-109",
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   "fired.rule.n": null,
   "fired.text": "Immediately when the employer ends the employment. If the payroll unit isn't open, within 6 hours of the start of its next regular workday; if payroll is off-site, within 24 hours.",
   "fired.wording": "is due and payable immediately",
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   "quit_notice.rule.n": null,
   "quit_notice.rule.gap": null,
   "quit_notice.text": "On the next regular payday.",
   "quit_notice.wording": "upon the next regular payday",
   "quit_no_notice.rule.kind": "next_payday",
   "quit_no_notice.rule.n": null,
   "quit_no_notice.rule.gap": null,
   "quit_no_notice.text": "On the next regular payday.",
   "quit_no_notice.wording": "upon the next regular payday",
   "notice_rule": null,
   "vacation": "If the employer provides paid vacation, all earned and determinable vacation pay must be paid at separation.",
   "commissions": "Commissions earned under an agreement are wages once they are earned, vested and determinable; separation doesn't require paying compensation not yet fully earned under the compensation agreement.",
   "method": "The check is made available at the work site, the employer's local office or the employee's last-known mailing address. A check left uncollected for 60 days must be mailed. After a written demand, payment goes by check to the address in the demand or by direct deposit the employee authorized.",
   "penalty": "If wages aren't paid within 14 days after a written demand or claim, the employer owes them plus the greater of 2 times the unpaid amount or $1,000; for a willful failure, the greater of 3 times or $3,000.",
   "notes": "Colorado ties its penalty to a written demand, so an employee owed final pay usually sends one before the 14-day clock runs. CDLE publishes a demand form.",
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://cdle.colorado.gov/sites/cdle/files/colorado_wage_act_revised_january_1,_2025_for_posting_accessible.pdf"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-colorado"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "CT",
   "jurisdiction": "Connecticut",
   "agency": "Connecticut Department of Labor, Wage and Workplace Standards Division",
   "law": "C.G.S. 31-71c",
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   "fired.text": "No later than the business day after the discharge.",
   "fired.wording": "no later than the business day next succeeding the date of such discharge",
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   "quit_notice.text": "Not later than the next regular payday, through regular channels or by mail.",
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   "quit_no_notice.text": "Not later than the next regular payday, through regular channels or by mail.",
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   "method": "An employee who resigns is paid through the regular payment channels or by mail.",
   "penalty": "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.",
   "notes": "Layoffs and suspensions for a labor dispute follow the next-regular-payday rule, not the next-business-day rule for a discharge.",
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   "source_urls": [
    "https://portal.ct.gov/dol/-/media/DOL/2022-New-Design-System/Divisions/wage-and-workplace-standards/WagePaymentLaws_Update12-2023.pdf"
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   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-connecticut"
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   "jurisdiction_code": "DE",
   "jurisdiction": "Delaware",
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   "quit_notice.rule.n": null,
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   "quit_no_notice.rule.n": null,
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   "unconfirmed": [
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   "source_urls": [
    "https://industrialaffairs.delaware.gov/hubfs/Understanding_Wage_Theft_Brochure_v3-1.pdf?hsLang=en"
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   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-by-state"
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  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "DC",
   "jurisdiction": "District of Columbia",
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   "unconfirmed": [
    "vacation",
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   "source_urls": [
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   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-by-state"
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    "penalty"
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   "source_urls": [
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   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-by-state"
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   "jurisdiction_code": "GA",
   "jurisdiction": "Georgia",
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    "penalty"
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   "source_urls": [
    "https://dol.georgia.gov/faqs-individuals/individuals-faqs-laws-and-regulations"
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   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-by-state"
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  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "HI",
   "jurisdiction": "Hawaii",
   "agency": "Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Wage Standards Division",
   "law": null,
   "fired.rule.kind": "working_days",
   "fired.rule.n": 1,
   "fired.text": "In full at the time of discharge, or not later than the next working day.",
   "fired.wording": "pay all earned wages in full at the time of discharge, or not later than the next working day",
   "quit_notice.rule.kind": "same_day",
   "quit_notice.rule.n": null,
   "quit_notice.rule.gap": null,
   "quit_notice.text": "At the time of quitting, if the employee gave at least one pay period's notice.",
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   "quit_no_notice.text": "In full no later than the next regular payday.",
   "quit_no_notice.wording": "the employer shall pay the employee's wages in full no later than the next regular pay day",
   "notice_rule": "At least one pay period's notice",
   "vacation": "Hawaii's wage law doesn't address vacation at separation directly. A 2005 Hawaii Supreme Court decision noted under HRS 388-1 held that payment for unused vacation on separation isn't 'wages' under that section.",
   "commissions": "Earned commissions must be paid within seven days after the end of the pay period.",
   "method": "In U.S. money or checks cashable at full value, by direct deposit the employee voluntarily authorized, or by pay card; by mail if the employee asks.",
   "penalty": "An employer that fails to pay without equitable justification owes the unpaid wages plus an equal sum and 6% yearly interest; willful violations can bring criminal fines.",
   "notes": "A release the employer requires as a condition of paying final wages is null and void.",
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://labor.hawaii.gov/wsd/unpaid-wages/",
    "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2017/HRS-Chapter-PDF%27s/HRS_0388.pdf"
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   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-hawaii"
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   "jurisdiction_code": "ID",
   "jurisdiction": "Idaho",
   "fired.rule.kind": "payday_or_working_days",
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   "quit_no_notice.rule.kind": "payday_or_working_days",
   "quit_no_notice.rule.n": 10,
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   "source_urls": [
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   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-by-state"
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   "jurisdiction_code": "IL",
   "jurisdiction": "Illinois",
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   "unconfirmed": [
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   "source_urls": [
    "https://labor.illinois.gov/faqs/wage-payment-faq.html"
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   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-by-state"
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   "jurisdiction_code": "IN",
   "jurisdiction": "Indiana",
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   "unconfirmed": [
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   "source_urls": [
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   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-by-state"
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   "penalty": "Penalty wages of eight times the employee's regular hourly rate for each day the pay is late, for up to 30 days.",
   "notes": "If an employee's last day falls on a weekend or holiday, BOLI moves the with-notice deadline to the next business day.",
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   "quit_no_notice.wording": "not later than the next regular payday",
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   "unconfirmed": [
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   "source_urls": [
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   "checked": "2026-11",
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   "unconfirmed": [
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   "source_urls": [
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   "checked": "2026-11",
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   "notice_rule": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
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   "source_urls": [
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   "checked": "2026-11",
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   "quit_notice.rule.n": 21,
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   "quit_no_notice.rule.n": 21,
   "quit_no_notice.rule.gap": null,
   "notice_rule": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
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    "penalty"
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   "source_urls": [
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   "checked": "2026-11",
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   "agency": "Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)",
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   "quit_notice.text": "On the next regularly scheduled payday after the effective date of resignation.",
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   "quit_no_notice.text": "On the next regularly scheduled payday after the effective date of resignation.",
   "quit_no_notice.wording": "due on the next regularly-scheduled payday following the effective date of resignation",
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   "vacation": "Only if the employer promised it in a written policy or agreement; the policy's wording controls what's owed.",
   "commissions": "Depends on the terms of the commission or bonus agreement.",
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   "notes": "TWC says it is not legal to hold a final paycheck past the deadline.",
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   "source_urls": [
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    "https://www.twc.texas.gov/programs/wage-and-hour/texas-payday-law"
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   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-texas"
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   "jurisdiction_code": "UT",
   "jurisdiction": "Utah",
   "agency": "Utah Labor Commission, Antidiscrimination and Labor Division",
   "law": "Utah Code 34-28-5",
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   "quit_notice.text": "On the next regular payday.",
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   "quit_no_notice.text": "On the next regular payday.",
   "quit_no_notice.wording": "on the next regular payday",
   "notice_rule": null,
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   "commissions": "The section doesn't apply to the commission part of earnings when the net amount depends on an audit or verification of sales or accounts.",
   "method": "Mailing meets the 24-hour rule if postmarked no more than one day after separation; direct deposit started, or hand delivery, within 24 hours also counts.",
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   "notes": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
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   "source_urls": [
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   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-utah"
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   "jurisdiction_code": "VT",
   "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
   "fired.rule.kind": "hours",
   "fired.rule.n": 72,
   "quit_notice.rule.kind": "next_payday",
   "quit_notice.rule.n": null,
   "quit_notice.rule.gap": null,
   "quit_no_notice.rule.kind": "next_payday",
   "quit_no_notice.rule.n": null,
   "quit_no_notice.rule.gap": null,
   "notice_rule": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
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   "source_urls": [
    "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/21/005/00342"
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   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-by-state"
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   "jurisdiction_code": "VA",
   "jurisdiction": "Virginia",
   "fired.rule.kind": "next_payday",
   "fired.rule.n": null,
   "quit_notice.rule.kind": null,
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   "quit_notice.rule.gap": null,
   "quit_no_notice.rule.kind": null,
   "quit_no_notice.rule.n": null,
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   "notice_rule": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
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    "commissions",
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   "source_urls": [
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   "checked": "2026-11",
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   "quit_no_notice.rule.kind": "period_end",
   "quit_no_notice.rule.n": null,
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   "notice_rule": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
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   "source_urls": [
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   "checked": "2026-11",
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   "fired.rule.kind": "next_payday",
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   "quit_notice.rule.kind": "next_payday",
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   "quit_no_notice.rule.n": null,
   "quit_no_notice.rule.gap": null,
   "notice_rule": null,
   "unconfirmed": [
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   "source_urls": [
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   "checked": "2026-11",
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   "jurisdiction_code": "WI",
   "jurisdiction": "Wisconsin",
   "agency": "Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development",
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   "fired.rule.n": null,
   "fired.text": "In full on the regular payday under the employer's pay schedule (or sooner if the pay-frequency rule requires).",
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   "quit_notice.rule.n": null,
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   "quit_notice.text": "In full on the regular payday under the employer's pay schedule (or sooner if the pay-frequency rule requires).",
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   "quit_no_notice.rule.n": null,
   "quit_no_notice.rule.gap": null,
   "quit_no_notice.text": "In full on the regular payday under the employer's pay schedule (or sooner if the pay-frequency rule requires).",
   "quit_no_notice.wording": "you must be paid in accordance with the employer's regular pay schedule",
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   "commissions": "The final pay section excludes sales agents paid on commission.",
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   "notes": "The rule doesn't apply to an employee with a written contract for a definite period.",
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   "source_urls": [
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   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/final-paycheck-laws-wisconsin"
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   "fired.rule.kind": "next_payday",
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   "fired.text": "By the next regular payday.",
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   "quit_notice.text": "By the next regular payday.",
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   "quit_no_notice.rule.gap": null,
   "quit_no_notice.text": "By the next regular payday.",
   "quit_no_notice.wording": "By the next regular payday.",
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   "vacation": "An employer can deny payout only if its written policy clearly says so and the employee acknowledged it; unused vacation can be forfeited if employees had a fair chance to use it.",
   "commissions": "Earned commissions must still be paid, though the employer may limit commission payments after an employee leaves.",
   "method": "Wyoming employers can't require direct deposit.",
   "penalty": "Late payment is a misdemeanor, and an employer that ignores an unappealed order to pay wages can be fined $200 a day.",
   "notes": null,
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