Georgia Final Paycheck Law

Georgia 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

Georgia has no final paycheck statute, so the federal default applies: wages earned through the last day are due on the next regular payday whether the employee was fired or quit. That is the whole rule, but it is still a deadline, and a missed one is a wage claim. 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 Georgia rule and is not included. Related: the Georgia minimum wage, the HR compliance risk check for the termination process, and the all-state calculator. Nearby: Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina.

Georgia final paycheck deadline calculator

When a Georgia 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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Georgia rule from no statute 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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