Arizona Labor Laws Guide Arizona Labor Laws FAQ Arizona minimum wages$14.35 per hour Arizona overtime laws 1.5 times the regular wage for any time worked over 40 hours/week ($19.20 for minimum wage workers) Arizona break laws Breaks not required by law
Employers can implement a “use-it-or-lose-it” policy that requires employees to use their vacation time by a certain date, (usually the end of the year) or lose it, providing that employees have reasonable time to use their vacation time.
Employers have the discretion to establish their vacation policies. Arizona is one of the few states that allow “Use-it-or-lose-it” policies. However, if vacation leave is offered, employees must be provided a reasonable opportunity to use it.
23-1501 - Severability of employment relationships; protection from retaliatory discharges; exclusivity of statutory remedies in employment.
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires private employers with 50 or more employees and all state, local, and federal government employers to give qualified employees up to 12 work weeks of unpaid leave a year for specific reasons.
23-1501 - Severability of employment relationships; protection from retaliatory discharges; exclusivity of statutory remedies in employment.
Arizona has some of the most restrictive sentencing laws in the country, with every person who is incarcerated required to serve a minimum 85 percent of his or her sentence— regardless of good behavior.