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Louisiana Final Paycheck Checker (2026)
Enter your last day worked to see when your final paycheck is due in Louisiana — 15 days or next payday if you were fired, 15 days or next payday if you quit.
Louisiana final paycheck checker
Enter your last day worked to apply the rule to your dates.
This is the Louisiana rule applied to what you entered — a plain summary of the deadline, not a determination that any employer did or did not pay on time.
- Separation
- Fired / discharged
- Last day worked
- Not entered
- Final pay due
- 15 days or next payday
- Late-pay consequence
- Penalty wages up to 90 days
Plain-language summary, not legal advice.
Informational only, not legal advice. Final-pay rules turn on details this summary cannot weigh (payroll schedule, disputed amounts, deductions). See the full rules and citations on the Louisiana final paycheck reference, cited to La. R.S. §23:631 (final pay timing); La. R.S. §23:632 (penalty wages, attorney fees).
How Louisiana final paycheck timing works
Louisiana ties your final paycheck to whichever comes first: your next regular payday or 15 days after you leave, and the same deadline applies whether you were fired or quit under La. R.S. §23:631. If you quit, the clock runs from the payday for the pay cycle you were working in when you separated. Missing this deadline is expensive for employers: La. R.S. §23:632 lets you recover penalty wages equal to 90 days of pay at your daily rate, or your full wages counted from the day you demand payment until the employer pays, whichever total is smaller. On top of that, if you file a well-founded suit for unpaid wages, the court awards you reasonable attorney fees paid by the employer. An employer that disputes the amount in good faith can limit the penalty, but it still owes those attorney fees. Accrued vacation that you have earned counts as wages and must be paid out with the rest.
This tool applies the Louisiana rule to your last day worked. It is informational only and not legal advice — a "next regular payday" rule depends on your payroll schedule, and disputed amounts or deductions can change things. For the full rules, penalties, and citations, see the Louisiana final paycheck reference.
Final paycheck checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own quit and fired deadlines.