Prompt Payment Required – Doesn’t Matter If Fired, Retired, Or Resigned

Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Supreme Court holds that employers must promptly pay final wages owed to employees who quit, including those who retire, or risk paying steep statutory penalties under California Labor Code section 203.

 

What Were the Plaintiff’s Claims?

 

Janis McLean worked as deputy attorney general for the California Department of Justice. In November 2010, McLean retired and filed suit in an individual and representative capacity against the State of California shortly thereafter. She alleged that the State Controller’s Office failed to pay her final wages on her last day of employment or within 72 hours of her last day after she retired.

 

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