Unpaid Wages Demand Letter in Kentucky
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 Kentucky law says
| Final paycheck if fired or laid off | All wages earned must be paid by the next regular payday or 14 days after the separation, whichever comes later. Source: KRS 337.055 |
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| Final paycheck if you quit | Same rule as for a firing: by the next regular payday or 14 days after leaving, whichever comes later, with or without notice. Source: KRS 337.055 |
| Minimum wage | $7.25 per hour (in effect since July 1, 2009). If the federal minimum wage is raised above this amount, the Kentucky rate rises to match it on the same date. No increase is currently scheduled under state law. Source: KRS 337.275(1) |
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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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