{"id":46851,"date":"2012-04-23T18:49:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T22:49:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:48:39","slug":"if-my-employer-owes-me-money-when-must-it-be-paid-me","status":"publish","type":"publications-page","link":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/if-my-employer-owes-me-money-when-must-it-be-paid-me","title":{"rendered":"When must my employer pay me?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your employer must pay you your wages by the later of these dates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7 days after your employment ends<\/li>\n<li>your next regular pay day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your wages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>money that you earned from working<\/li>\n<li>money your employer owes because of your termination, such as termination pay or severance pay<\/li>\n<li>unpaid vacation pay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your employer can give you severance pay in small amounts. But you must agree in writing or the Director of Employment Standards must approve it. In these cases, your employer must make the payments within 3 years.<\/p>\n<p>If your employer misses a scheduled payment, they must pay you what&#8217;s left of the severance pay right away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-46851","publications-page","type-publications-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>When must my employer pay me? - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/if-my-employer-owes-me-money-when-must-it-be-paid-me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When must my employer pay me? 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