# Utah — 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 Utah, deadline after firing/layoff is all wages are due immediately and payable within 24 hours of separation; deadline after quitting is the wages become due and payable on the next regular payday; statute or source is Payment of Wages Act, Utah Code Ann. §34-28-1 et-seq, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Utah _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Deadline after firing/layoff:** all wages are due immediately and payable within 24 hours of separation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline after quitting:** the wages become due and payable on the next regular payday _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute or source:** Payment of Wages Act, Utah Code Ann. §34-28-1 et-seq. _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> If the employee is separated by the employer, all wages are due immediately and payable within 24 hours of separation.

## Where each value comes from

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

### Deadline after quitting

> If the employee does not have a written contract for a definite period and resigns, the wages become due and payable on the next regular payday.

### Statute or source

> The applicable statutes and administrative rules include: Payment of Wages Act, Utah Code Ann. §34-28-1 et-seq.

## Source

- https://laborcommission.utah.gov/divisions/utah-antidiscrimination-and-labor-uald/wage-claim/

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