Walk It Through: The Last Paycheck
The regular payday after a quit, treble the unpaid wages, and the thirty mile commute.
A landscaper quits after the company moves the crew to a site far from home.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One quit over a long commute. The seven working day rule for a firing, the weekly work search, and the misconduct disqualification are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Final wagesPay due when a job ends: for a discharged employee, within seven working days or by the end of the next regular pay period, whichever is sooner; for one who quits, by the regular payday for the period in which the job ended.
- Petty offenseThe grade below a misdemeanor, with no jail listed and a fine up to $300.
- Security depositSecurity, however it is named and including prepaid rent, which a landlord may not demand or receive worth more than one and one-half month's rent.
- Wilful or negligent misconductMisconduct connected with the employment that, as the reason for a discharge, disqualifies for the rest of that unemployment, until earning wages of five times the weekly benefit amount.