What Idaho law adds on top of federal law for nurses and EMS, and who to call.
Every rule here was read on the statute, regulation or agency page it cites. Checked November 10, 2026.
General information, not legal advice. Laws change and your facts decide how they apply. Before you act, confirm with the agency listed here or with an employment lawyer or your union representative.
Who to call in Idaho
Idaho Department of Labor, Wage and HourUnpaid wages and state labor complaints. Start a complaint
Filing with the department is an either-or choice: once you file there, you give up the right to sue in court for that claim. Help line 208-332-3579.
U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour DivisionUnpaid wages and overtime, PUMP Act, FMLA. Contact · 1-866-487-9243
OSHAPrivate-employer safety complaints, and retaliation for raising safety (30 days under the OSH Act). Public employees: see Unions and public employers. Contact
Quit, fired or laid off, you must be paid by the next regular payday or within 10 days (weekends and holidays excluded), whichever comes first. If you ask in writing, it is due within 48 hours of the request, weekends and holidays excluded.
Who it covers: Employees of Idaho employers.
Limits and exceptions to know (the law may have others; read the source):
The Director of the Department of Labor can give an employer a temporary extension of these deadlines for good reason. (Idaho Code § 45-606(3))
"the employer shall pay or make available at the usual place of payment all wages then due the employee by the earlier of the next regularly scheduled payday or within ten (10) days of such layoff or termination, weekends and holidays excluded."
For Idaho we have not yet confirmed state rules on mandatory overtime, staffing ratios, plans and committees, meal and rest breaks. That does not mean Idaho has no rule on them: we leave a topic off until we have read it at the source, and only federal rules are shown for it here.