§ 34-14-03 — Employees who are separated from payroll before paydays

Whenever an employee is discharged or terminated from employment by an employer,
separates from employment voluntarily, or is suspended from work as the result of an industrial
dispute, the employee's unpaid wages or compensation becomes due and payable at the
regular paydays established in advance by the employer for the periods worked by the
employee. When an employer discharges or terminates an employee, the employer shall pay
those wages to the employee by certified mail at an address designated by the employee or as
otherwise agreed upon by both parties. If the employer fails to pay the wages within the stated
time, the employee may charge and collect wages in the sum agreed upon in the contract of
employment for each day the employer is in default until the employer has paid in full, without
rendering any service therefor, except the employee shall cease to draw wages or salary thirty
days after such default.