Hows long does an employer have to pay you your final paycheck?
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Hows long does an employer have to pay you your final paycheck?
Everyone else at my place of work got paid but I didn’t. I complained about it and was fired. I’ve still not been paid. What can be done?
Asked on October 22, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Alabama
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
Unfortunately, your state does NOT have a law specifying exactly when a final paycheck should be paid. When there is no specific timeframe specified, it is generally just within a "reasonable" time--which is not a hard-and-fast measurement. All we can advise is that if too long--what you consider an "unreasonable time" (e.g. more than another full pay cycle)--has passed, you can sue the employer in small claims court for the money. By the time the case comes up, there'll be no doubt but that you should have been paid by then, so unless they can show that they don't in fact owe you the money for some legally valid reason, you can get a court judgment for the money.
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