Your California final-pay demand letter

California deadline applied automatically: Immediately after a discharge, 3 days after a resignation. The letter cites Cal. Lab. Code §§ 201, 202, 203; § 227.3 (vacation); § 200 (wages) and states the date your money was due.

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Deadline applied: Immediately after a discharge, 3 days after a resignation, per Cal. Lab. Code §§ 201, 202, 203; § 227.3 (vacation); § 200 (wages).

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