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Idaho Code § 45-611 (2026)

Wages that are in dispute. 

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Wages that are in dispute. 

(1) In case of a dispute as to the amount of wages due an employee, the employer shall pay, without condition and within the time set by this chapter, all wages, or parts thereof, conceded by the employer to be due, leaving to the employee all remedies the employee might otherwise be entitled to, including those provided under this chapter, as to any balance claimed. Whenever an employer pays all wages not in dispute within the time limits set forth in section 45-606, Idaho Code, no penalties may be assessed under this chapter, unless it can be shown that the remaining balance of wages due were withheld willfully, arbitrarily and without just cause.

(2)  The acceptance by an employee of a check with any restrictive endorsement as payment under this section shall not constitute a release or accord and satisfaction with respect to the disputed amount.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1985–1996 · leading case: Barth v. Canyon Cnty., 918 P.2d 576 (Idaho 1996).
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Barth v. Canyon Cnty., 918 P.2d 576 (Idaho 1996). · cites it 12× “” In 1989, in amending the wage claim law, the legislature added I.C. § 45-611. 1989 Idaho Sess. Laws ch. 280, § 12, 677, 681-82.”
Wood v. Quali-Dent Dental Clinics, 695 P.2d 405 (Idaho 1985). · cites it 4× “” The claimant drew the employer’s attention to a page of the pamphlet which appeared to prohibit implementation of the new policy, setting forth I.C. § 45-611. This statute prohibits the withholding of an employee’s wages unless the employer is empowered to do so by law or…”
Kalac v. Canyon Cnty., 809 P.2d 511 (Idaho Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “We recognize that the Legislature has recently made comprehensive changes in Idaho’s wage claim statutes.”
Stevenson v. T R Video, Inc., 739 P.2d 380 (Idaho 1987). · cites it 22× “In both those cases we held that an employer’s withholding of wages due an employee in violation of I.C. § 45-611 constitutes, as a matter of law, “good cause” sufficient to justify an employee to voluntarily quit his job without jeopardizing his entitlement to unemployment…”
— Idaho Code § 45-611(1) — 1 case
Barth v. Canyon Cnty., 918 P.2d 576 (Idaho 1996). “” In 1989, in amending the wage claim law, the legislature added I.C. § 45-611. 1989 Idaho Sess. Laws ch. 280, § 12, 677, 681-82.”
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