# New York — Final paycheck deadlines by US state — how long an employer has to pay a departing employee's last wages, quoted from the state's own labor law

For New York, deadline after firing/layoff is no later than the pay day on which their next pay would have been due had they still been employed; deadline after quitting is no later than the pay day on which their next pay would have been due had they still been employed; statute or source is Labor Law Section 191, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** New York _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Deadline after firing/layoff:** no later than the pay day on which their next pay would have been due had they still been employed _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline after quitting:** no later than the pay day on which their next pay would have been due had they still been employed _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute or source:** Labor Law Section 191 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Employees whose employment has ended are entitled to be paid no later than the pay day on which their next pay would have been due had they still been employed.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Statute or source

> Labor Law Section 191 outlines the frequency by which employees must be paid.

## Source

- https://dol.ny.gov/frequency-pay-faq

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-08-31.
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