The Last Paycheck
N.D.C.C. § 34-14-03 — wages after a job ends are due on the next regular payday, fired or quitting
Whether an employee is fired, quits, or is suspended in an industrial dispute, the unpaid wages are due at the regular paydays the employer set in advance for the periods worked. When the employer fires someone, it pays those wages by certified mail to the address the employee names, or as both agree.
A day's pay for each day late. If the employer misses the time, the employee may collect the daily wage the employment contract sets for each day the employer is in default, without working, until paid in full. That stops thirty days after the default.
In a dispute over the amount, the employer gives written notice of what it concedes is owed, less what the employee concedes owing, and pays that part without condition. Taking it does not release the rest of the claim.
Sources for this section (2)
- N.D.C.C. § 34-14-03 — Employees who are separated from payroll before paydays
- N.D.C.C. § 34-14-04 — Unconditional payment of wages conceded to be due
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed North Dakota attorney.