Involuntary termination: final pay within 6 calendar days. Voluntary: next regular payday.
The Texas Payday Law splits final-paycheck timing by how the employment ended. Fired or laid off: 6 calendar days (not business days — 6 calendars). Resigned voluntarily: next regular payday, which can mean weeks if monthly pay applies. Constructive discharge counts as involuntary. Mutual separation usually counts as involuntary.
Final Paycheck Timing
Calculates and surfaces final-pay obligations within minutes of termination workflow start. Tags voluntary vs. involuntary correctly so the right deadline applies. Blocks offboarding close without payment.
What those rules do when termination workflow starts.
The hero card configuration: Block on offboarding close without final pay, Critical on the 6-day clock visibility for involuntary terminations.
When HR or a manager attempts to close out an offboarding workflow, Teambridge blocks the close until final paycheck is processed. "Cannot close: final pay not yet issued."
When a termination is tagged as involuntary, the offboarding workflow shows a visible countdown to the 6-calendar-day deadline. The clock is hard-coded — calendar days include weekends and holidays.
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Voluntary vs. involuntary determines the deadline.
The Texas Payday Law was written explicitly to differentiate: workers who are sent away on the employer's initiative get paid faster than workers who left on their own.
Involuntary termination — 6 calendar days
Fired, laid off, or otherwise involuntarily separated: final pay due within 6 calendar days of the date of discharge. Calendar days, not business days — weekends and holidays count toward the deadline. The clock starts on the date of discharge regardless of when paperwork reaches HQ.
Voluntary separation — next regular payday
Resigned, retired, or otherwise voluntarily left: final pay due on the next regularly-scheduled payday. For a worker on a monthly pay cycle who resigns the day after payday, this could mean waiting up to 30 days for the final check.
Teambridge calculates final pay before HR closes the workflow.
The 6-day clock is unforgiving in Texas. Teambridge starts the calculation when termination begins, locks the amount, and gates the offboarding workflow until payment is processed.
Workflow opens with countdown.
When termination is initiated and tagged as involuntary, the offboarding workflow shows a 6-calendar-day countdown. For voluntary, the next-payday deadline shows.
Within 1 minute of termination start.
Teambridge calculates regular wages owed for the current pay period, OT earned, accrued PTO/vacation per the employer's written policy (if any), pending reimbursements, and commissions/bonuses earned per agreement.
Calculated amount is locked.
The final pay amount is locked from edit. Payroll cannot 'round down' or skip components. Approval routes to authorized signatory.
Workflow can't close without payment.
The HR offboarding workflow blocks completion until the final paycheck is issued. Property recovery, exit interviews, and documentation can run in parallel — but final pay is the gating step.
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