Colorado Final Paycheck Law

Colorado final paycheck deadline for fired and resigning employees, with the statute and a calculator that returns the exact date your last check is due.

Last update

October 19, 2026

Colorado is one of the strict states. Under C.R.S. 8-4-109, an employee you terminate must be paid on the day of discharge; someone who resigns gets more room. In full: Fired: immediately, or within 6 hours of the start of the next workday if the accounting unit is closed. Quit: next regular payday. Pick the separation type, enter the last day and your next payday, and the calculator returns the latest date you can legally pay. Accrued PTO payout is a separate Colorado rule and is not included. Related: the Colorado minimum wage, the HR compliance risk check for the termination process, and the all-state calculator. Nearby: Utah, New Mexico and Arizona.

Colorado final paycheck deadline calculator

When a Colorado employee's last check is legally due, by how they left and when you normally run payroll.

How did they leave?Last day workedNext regular paydayNotice the employee gave

Pay the final check no later than

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Terminations have a clock. Let payroll run it.

CoAd Pay issues off-cycle final checks the same day, applies the state deadline and PTO rule, and files the paperwork. HR support for the termination is one add-on away.

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Colorado rule from C.R.S. 8-4-109 as checked in October 2026. "Working day" means Monday to Friday here. "Immediately" means the last day. PTO payout and deductions are separate rules. Educational, not legal advice.

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