Unpaid Wages Demand Letter in Arkansas
A letter asking an employer to pay wages you are owed, before you file a wage claim with your state labor agency or the U.S. Department of Labor. Keep copies of pay stubs, schedules and messages.
What Arkansas law says
| Final paycheck if fired or laid off | By the next regular payday. An employer that still has not paid within 7 days after that payday owes the employee double the wages due. Arkansas Code text read on a public code mirror (FindLaw), because the official Arkansas Code is published through LexisNexis. Source: Ark. Code § 11-4-405 |
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| Minimum wage | $11.00 per hour, in effect since January 1, 2021. The state minimum wage law covers employers with 4 or more employees. No further increase is scheduled. |
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[today's date]
To: [employer name], [employer address]
From: [your name], [your address]
I worked for you as [job title] from [start date] to [end date or present]. You have not paid me $[amount owed] for [the hours, overtime, final paycheck or tips owed], covering [dates owed].
Please pay this amount by [payment deadline] by [payment method].
If I do not receive payment, I plan to file a wage claim with [state labor agency] and pursue any other remedies the law allows.
[your name] [phone or email]
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