California labor code section 201 (a): "If an employer discharges an employee, the wages earned and unpaid at the time of discharge are due and payable immediately."
Firing someone in California requires that they be paid in full right then and there. This includes payment for accrued vacation time, comp time, etc. Were these employees paid off properly?
The penalty is the employee's wages, day-for-day, up to 30 days. So yes, it will probably be payable, but it's just money (rather than somehow invalidating the termination, for example), and it's unlikely either side will care much about the amount.
They are probably still getting full salary and benefits until the next scheduled payday.
That's how companies in CA get around the rule that employees must be paid in full on their last day.
For the California employee, they have to PAY YOU IMMEDIATELY, THEN AND THERE. That means either a pre-loaded card, check, or cash in hand, or other acceptable instrument of legal tender, such as a money order.
Firing someone in California requires that they be paid in full right then and there. This includes payment for accrued vacation time, comp time, etc. Were these employees paid off properly?