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CHAPTER 9
Payments to Employees
After reading this chapter you will be able to
• Determine the number of allowed days before employees
must be paid
• Learn the mechanics of paying employees with cash,
checks, direct deposit, and payments into their credit card
accounts
• Know how soon voluntarily and involuntarily terminated
employees must be given their final paychecks
• Know how long to retain unclaimed pay before forwarding
it to the presiding state government
his chapter covers the ostensibly simple topic of physically paying
employees for their work. Just cut a check, right? Not exactly.There
Tare a multitude of considerations, such as the allowable and practical
frequency of payment,the type of payment to be made (whether in cash,
by check or direct deposit,or even directly into an employee’s credit card
account).There are also a number of state laws governing the allowable
time period that can elapse before a terminated employee must be paid—
and these vary based on a voluntary or involuntary termination. Finally,
there are state-specific laws concerning what to do with unclaimed pay-
ments to employees. All of these topics are covered in this chapter.
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