Arkansas sets the final-pay deadline at the next regular payday — and backs it with a doubling rule (see the penalty line).
Law: Ark. Code Ann. §11-4-405 · Rules checked October 2026
Quitting carries the same next-payday deadline and the same doubling rule in Arkansas. The free wage claim for either path goes to the Arkansas Division of Labor — the walkthrough in the kit lists its window and what to attach.
Arkansas doubles the bill: if wages are still unpaid seven days after the regular payday they were due, the employer owes double the wages due (§11-4-405).
Your state lets the employer's own policy decide. If the handbook or your offer letter promises payout of accrued vacation — or the company has a practice of paying it — that promise is enforceable. If the policy says unused vacation is forfeited at separation, the state will generally hold you to it.
The free claim goes to Arkansas Division 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.