My question involves employment and labor law for the state of: Indiana
Are Indiana's laws concerning pro-rating a salaried employee's final week of pay the same as Federal laws? A friend and former co-worker recently left her salaried position with the company I work for, and received, from the general manager, an email that stated she would be paid her final 2-week's wage, plus accrued unused vacation time. When she received her paycheck, she realized she'd been paid a pro rata amount for the final week. She questioned the deduction and was told "Wage and hour laws address the first week and the last week of a salaried employee specifically to enable employers to prorate those weeks." Information available on the US Department of Labor's website does, indeed, say "deductions from pay are allowed...in the employee's initial or terminal week of employment if the employee does not work the full week". However, elsewhere on the website, it states: "When the state laws differ from the federal FLSA, an employer must comply with the standard most protective to employees." I've searched the Indiana Department of Labor website, though, and haven't found any information that specifically addresses this issue. Thanks, in advance, for your time and assistance.

