U.S. employment · payroll operations
Payday & paid sick leave by state.
Use the state selector to see the payday patterns in the DOL table and whether the DOL’s dated paid-sick-leave map lists a state law.
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“Not listed” is not a finding that no leave ordinance exists. Local rules and newer state changes require a current state-agency check.
Source dates are part of the answer
Payday frequency and paid leave are maintenance-sensitive. The federal tables are useful for orientation, but they are not a substitute for the state labor agency’s current rule, especially where the table carries occupation, employer-size or written-agreement exceptions.
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