My brother used to work for AMD in Texas. His group was sold to another company and he quit AMD to work at this new company. They didn’t direct deposite his last check for several weeks, and never mailed him his paycheck stub. Pretty unprofessional for such a large company. In California, where AMD is headquartered, a company has to pay a final paycheck on a person’s last day if they give at least 72 hours of advance notice. We decided to see what the laws were like in Texas. We found this site.
That page contains final paycheck laws for every state. If you look you’ll see that Wisconsin’s law states “Any employee, except a salesperson paid by commission, who does not have an employment contract and who quits or is fired: next regular payday but not more than a month later.” (Wis. Stat. Ann. §109.03). Can you imagine that? It suggest that in Wisconsin, they don’t have to pay you more often than once a month. In fact, they may not even have to pay you once a month. It is unclear.
Tennessee could be even worse: “Next scheduled payday or 21 days, whichever occurs later.” (Tenn. Code. Ann. §50-2-103). What if they only have to pay you ever 45 or 90 days in Tennessee? You could go months without getting your final check and then go months without getting your new check if they allow pay periods in excess of 30 days! It may be cheaper to live in places other than California, but I’d rather live there than either of those two states! Check out your state here. If it prompts you for a zip code, put in any one you’d like. I like to use 90210 when any site asks for mine.