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Vermont Final Paycheck Checker (2026)

Enter your last day worked to see when your final paycheck is due in Vermont — 72 hours if you were fired, next payday if you quit.

Cited to 21 V.S.A. §342 (Weekly payment of wages); penalty under 21 V.S.A. §347Source: Vermont Statutes Online, 21 V.S.A. §342.

Vermont final paycheck checker

Final paycheck · Vermont

State

Quit or fired?

Last day worked

Vermont rule applied to your case

Final pay due

72 hours

Within 72 hours of your discharge. Vermont sets a fast, fixed deadline when the employer ends the job: your final wages are due within three days, not on the next payday.

Late-pay consequence

Twice the wages owed, plus costs and attorney’s fees

Under 21 V.S.A. §347, an employer that violates the wage-payment rules in §342 forfeits to the worker twice the value of the unpaid wages, recoverable in a civil action along with costs and reasonable attorney’s fees. Separately, when the Commissioner of Labor handles a complaint and finds that wages were willfully withheld, the collection order can add up to twice the unpaid amount, with half of that extra sum going to the worker and half retained to offset administrative costs.

Enter your last day worked to apply the rule to your dates.

This is the Vermont 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.

PlainStatute

Final paycheck — Vermont

Separation: Fired / discharged
Last day worked: Not entered
Final pay due: 72 hours
Late-pay consequence: Twice the wages owed, plus costs and attorney’s fees

Source: 21 V.S.A. §342 (Weekly payment of wages); penalty under 21 V.S.A. §347

https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/21/005/00342

⚠ Draft: confirm with the official source before relying on this.

Printed from plainstatute.com
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 Vermont final paycheck reference, cited to 21 V.S.A. §342 (Weekly payment of wages); penalty under 21 V.S.A. §347.

How Vermont final paycheck timing works

Vermont draws a sharp line based on how the job ends. If your employer fires or discharges you, your final wages are due within 72 hours, one of the tightest post-discharge deadlines in the country. If you quit or voluntarily leave, the pace is more relaxed: your final pay is due on your last regular payday, and only if the job had no regular payday does it default to the Friday following your departure. The rules live in 21 V.S.A. §342, part of Vermont’s weekly wage-payment law. If an employer misses the deadline, §347 lets you recover twice the unpaid wages plus costs and reasonable attorney’s fees in a civil action, and the Commissioner of Labor can add a willful-withholding penalty on top. That double-damages remedy is Vermont’s enforcement tool, not the California-style daily waiting-time penalty, which no other state has.

This tool applies the Vermont 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 Vermont final paycheck reference.

Final paycheck checkers for other states

Same tool, each with its own quit and fired deadlines.