Final paychecks, PTO laws, non-competes, FMLA, severance, and unemployment procedures by state.
Pennsylvania treats a worker as an employee unless a two-part test is met: freedom from control and an independently established business. Construction work follows a stricter standard, and federal agencies use their own tests.
Filing for unemployment in North Carolina means opening an initial claim with the Division of Employment Security and certifying each week. Here are the eligibility rules, benefit amounts, work-search requirements, and appeal deadlines set by Chapter 96.
A step-by-step guide to filing an Illinois unemployment claim through IDES, covering eligibility, the documents you need, how the weekly benefit amount is set, and biweekly certification.
Florida’s Reemployment Assistance program pays unemployment benefits to eligible workers. Here is who qualifies, how much the program pays, and how to file and maintain a claim.
New York has no law forcing a PTO payout at termination. Whether unused vacation is paid depends on the employer’s written policy, and when it is owed the money is due by the next regular payday.
Unused PTO is not required to be paid out at termination in Georgia unless the employer’s policy or contract promises it. How payout, forfeiture, and final-paycheck timing work.
A step-by-step look at filing an Ohio unemployment claim: who qualifies, the information you gather first, how to file initial and weekly claims, how benefits are calculated, and how to appeal a denial.
Pennsylvania does not require employers to pay out unused PTO or vacation at termination. Payout depends on the employer’s written policy, which the Wage Payment and Collection Law can then enforce as wages.
Georgia classifies workers as employees or independent contractors under four different tests. Here is how the IRS, FLSA, unemployment, and workers’ compensation standards each work.
Florida has no single employee-versus-independent-contractor test. Federal tax law, the FLSA, workers’ compensation, and reemployment tax each use their own standard, so the same worker can be classified differently under different laws.
Whether unused PTO must be paid out when you leave a North Carolina job, when a use-it-or-lose-it policy is valid, and how to recover unpaid vacation pay.
Ohio classifies workers using several different tests, one for taxes, one for wage law, and others for workers’ comp and unemployment. Here is how each standard reads the same working relationship.