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Walk It Through: The Final Check

A job that ends, the last wages, a payday or 3 business days later, and ten percent a day after that.

A line cook in Rehoboth Beach quits at the end of the summer season.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

Final wages for an hourly employee who quit. Commissions, benefits, and a dispute over how many hours were worked 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.