Payment Compliance
Frequently Asked Questions
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Payment Compliance is an education-based program, in which the Department provides education and resource material to the employer. The Department will request that the employer acknowledge that they have read and understood the Arizona wage payment laws related to paying wages on prescribed pay dates, paying within a timely manner, issuing a paystub, etc.
Monetary compensation cannot be awarded under a Payment Compliance complaint. However, a Wage Claim can be filed to initiate an investigation into unpaid wages.
Payment Compliance investigations take on average 20 days to complete.
If the employer does not respond, the Department will make another attempt to contact the employer to obtain the necessary information.
The Department will review the employer’s response to confirm that they
have read and understood the Arizona wage payment laws.