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New York pays final wages on the regular payday for the termination pay period, but a willful violation can multiply damages up to 300%, Labor Law Section 198.
New Mexico's final-pay rule reportedly splits deadlines by discharge and quitting, but the statute portal could not be confirmed. Read with that caveat.
New Jersey collapses discharge, layoff, and quitting into one final-pay deadline: the regular payday for the pay period of separation. Deductions explained.
New Hampshire requires final wages within 72 hours of a discharge, and within 72 hours of quitting with a full pay period's notice. Penalties and deductions.
Nevada's final-paycheck rule splits by how you leave: immediate if fired (NRS 608.020), earlier of payday or 7 days if you quit (NRS 608.030), with penalties.
Nebraska final wages are due at the next payday or within 2 weeks of separation, whichever is sooner, for firing and quitting alike. Penalties and PTO rules.
Montana requires immediate final wages when you're fired (within about 4 hours or by end of day) and bans vacation forfeiture. Penalties and filing explained.
Missouri final paycheck law: same-day-of-discharge pay under RSMo 290.110, and the written-request-triggered continuing-wages penalty.
Mississippi has no statute setting a final paycheck deadline or penalty. What that absence means, and what federal law still requires.
Minnesota final paycheck law: the demand-triggered 24-hour rule under Section 181.13, the quit deadline under 181.14, and the daily penalty.
Michigan final paycheck law: the due-diligence standard under MCL 408.475, the MCL 408.488 penalty, and what employers can deduct.
Massachusetts final paycheck law: same-day pay for a firing under M.G.L. c. 149 Section 148, and the mandatory treble-damages penalty under Section 150.