North Carolina General Statutes 95-25.7. Payment to separated employees
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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 95-25.7
- Employee: includes any individual employed by an employer. See North Carolina General Statutes 95-25.2
- Employer: includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee. See North Carolina General Statutes 95-25.2
- in writing: may be construed to include printing, engraving, lithographing, and any other mode of representing words and letters: Provided, that in all cases where a written signature is required by law, the same shall be in a proper handwriting, or in a proper mark. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Payday: means that day designated for payment of wages due by virtue of the employment relationship. See North Carolina General Statutes 95-25.2
Employees whose employment is discontinued for any reason shall be paid all wages due on or before the next regular payday either through the regular pay channels or by trackable mail if requested by the employee in writing. Wages based on bonuses, commissions or other forms of calculation shall be paid on the first regular payday after the amount becomes calculable when a separation occurs. Such wages may not be forfeited unless the employee has been notified in accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-25.13 of the employer‘s policy or practice which results in forfeiture. Employees not so notified are not subject to such loss or forfeiture. (1975, c. 413, s. 4; 1979, c. 839, s. 1; 1981, c. 663, s. 1; 1993, c. 214, s. 1; 2021-82, s. 6.)