Labor Code section 201.5 also covers important rules about how and when employees working in the production or broadcasting of motion pictures should get paid when their job ends.
First, when an employee’s job ends, they are entitled to receive any wages they earned but haven’t been paid yet. These wages must be paid by the next regular payday after the job ends. This rule helps make sure that workers get their money quickly after their job is finished.
Second, there are a couple of ways that employers can give these final payments to employees. The payment can either be mailed to the employee or made available at a location chosen by the employer in the same county where the employee was hired or worked. The payment is considered made on the date it is either mailed or made available at the specified location—whichever comes first.
It’s also important to know what it means when employment “terminates.” This simply means that the job has ended, whether it’s because the employee was fired, laid off, resigned, or finished the job they were hired to do. No matter how the job ends, the rules for payment still apply.
Lastly, if there is a collective bargaining agreement between the employer and the employees, they can agree on different rules for the final payment of wages. However, these rules cannot allow the payment to be made later than what is allowed by Labor Code § 204. This means the agreement can make payment faster but not slower.
(See Link(s): Labor Code Sections 201.5)