Question:

[greggee]

Can an employer hold your last paycheck after termination in the stste of New York?

 

[HomeGuru]

What is the name of your state?New York
can an employer hold your last paycheck after termination?

**A: yes as long as it is released within the then current pay period and you have no outstanding employer financial obligations.

 

[pattytx]

Here is the statute regarding final pay, which must be paid on the regularly scheduled pay day for the pay period that included the date of termination:
http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS
See #3.

And here is the statute regarding deductions from pay, which cannot be made without your authorization and for your benefit, except for taxes and other deductions required by law (like child support or tax levies):
http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS

Have you not received your final pay check within the required time frame? If not, what does the company say when you ask them where it is?