The purpose of Arizona (AZ) Wage and hour laws is to establish a standard for both employees and employers. Arizona wage and hour laws help answer questions that employees have about working conditions and payment of wages.
Arizona (AZ) wage and hour laws state that employees are to be paid twice a month no longer than 15 days apart. Payment must be within 5 working days after the most recent pay period ends. If a payday falls on a holiday employers must pay their employees on or before that pay date, and not after.
Certain professional employees who reside in Arizona that work in a business whose main location exists outside of the state of Arizona are permitted to pay their employees once a month. Arizona (AZ) wage and hour laws make it clear which jobs allow monthly payment of wages instead of payment twice a month to employees.
No minimum wage provision has been made in Arizona (AZ) wage and hour laws. Instead, that state uses the federal standard of $5.15 per hour. Likewise, federal overtime laws apply to all those working over 40 hours a week. Any time over 40 hours a week must be paid 1 ½ times the regular pay.
The Arizona (AZ) wage and hour laws include information on termination pay as well. Those who have been fired from a job are required to be paid within three days or on the next scheduled payday, whichever is sooner. The exception is for those who work in the school district. In this case, payment after termination must be made within 10 days.
Employees who quite are required according to the Arizona (AZ) wage and hour laws to be paid on the payday within the time that the termination occurred. In most cases an employer is not allowed to withhold an employees pay after an employee is terminated except in cases required by state and federal law. Usually an employee’s payment would be withheld if there is a dispute regarding the amount to be paid.
