{
  "task": "final_paycheck",
  "label": "Final paycheck deadline by state",
  "capabilities": ["state-comparison", "deadline-date-calculator", "verbatim-statute-citation", "printable-result", "machine-readable-packs"],
  "policy": {
    "binding": "Only parameters verbatim-verified against the cited statute are computed.",
    "verification": "Every pack number is re-asserted in CI (scripts/verify_standards.py).",
    "updates": "Packs are re-verified when the jurisdiction's register/code changes (watchdog cron).",
    "scope_note": "Educational calculator, not a legal determination."
  },
  "states": {
    "verified": [
      {
        "key": "wa",
        "name": "Washington",
        "rule": {
          "type": "period_end",
          "text": "When any employee shall cease to work for an employer, whether by discharge or by voluntary withdrawal, the wages due him or her on account of his or her employment shall be paid to him or her at the end of the established pay period.",
          "cite": "RCW 49.48.010(2)",
          "url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=49.48.010",
          "same_for_quit": true,
          "exceptions": "Interchangeable multi-employer weekly-pay plan proviso.",
          "verified": "2026-10-28"
        },
        "page": "/rules-check/final-paycheck"
      }
    ],
    "roadmap": ["tx", "oh", "ny", "ca", "all-50"],
    "source_notes": {
      "tx": "statutes.capitol.texas.gov renders section text via scripts to plain clients; adapter pending",
      "oh": "codes.ohio.gov intermittently unreachable from our egress",
      "ny": "nysenate.gov returns 403 to our egress",
      "ca": "dir.ca.gov / leginfo Cloudflare-challenged"
    }
  },
  "contact": "hello@toolve.net"
}