Alabama has no state law setting a final-pay deadline. The federal standard applies: your last check is due on the next regular payday for the final pay period.
Law: No Alabama final-pay statute — federal standard (U.S. DOL) · Rules checked October 2026
Same rule when you quit: no state deadline; the federal regular-payday standard applies. The free wage claim for either path goes to the Alabama Department of Labor — the walkthrough in the kit lists its window and what to attach.
Alabama has no state waiting-time penalty. The routes that exist are a wage claim or court — the deadline above is the federal regular-payday standard.
Your state has no statute on vacation payout. What governs is the employer's written policy and any practice it has followed. Get the policy in writing; a promise in the handbook is the whole ballgame.
The free claim goes to Alabama Department of Labor. It costs nothing and you do not need a lawyer; what you need is the amount computed, the demand already sent where your state rewards one, and the file assembled.
Filing window: set by state law and shorter than people expect — file within weeks, not months.
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General information from the published statute — not legal advice. Penalty figures elsewhere on this site are statutory maximums, with willfulness conditions named where the statute names them.