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Enter your last day and how the job ended. The calculator applies the Michigan deadline, tells you how many days late the payment is, and estimates the possible late-pay penalty. It runs in your browser — nothing is sent to us.
The deadline is the statutory maximum in Michigan: An employee who is discharged must be paid all wages earned and due at the time of discharge (MCL 408.475). Michigan does not add a separate waiting period. An employee who leaves voluntarily must be paid all wages earned and due as soon as the amount can with due diligence be determined — in practice the next regular payday (MCL 408.475). The penalty estimate uses Michigan's Payment of Wages and Fringe Benefits Act provides no liquidated damages and no waiting-time penalty. This is the state where third-party summary sites most often invent one: the statute simply requires payment, and the remedy is a claim for the wages plus costs.
This is an estimate, not a legal determination. Penalty provisions usually depend on the employer acting wilfully, and a court or agency decides the final number. Use the result to decide whether to send a demand, not as a promise of what you will collect.