Walk It Through: The Last Paycheck
No final paycheck deadline, 15 days' notice for unpaid minimum wages, and 20 days to appeal.
A store clerk quits, and the last check has not come.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One clerk's last weeks. The yearly minimum wage rate, the misconduct disqualification length, and the referee hearing 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.
- Early termination feeA charge for ending a lease early that works only if the tenant signed a separate addendum accepting it when the lease was made, and that does not exceed 2 months' rent.
- Domestic violenceAssault, battery, sexual assault, stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any crime causing injury or death, by one family or household member against another.
- Reemployment assistanceWhat Florida calls unemployment benefits. A person is disqualified for leaving work voluntarily without good cause attributable to the employer, or for discharge for misconduct connected with the work.