State of California pays state workers once a month. But it seems government exempts itself from state laws. We have had a few employees terminated recently, it was odd because one guy was let go at the end of his shift, after he had loaded up all his gear in a company car. Guy next morning went to get into that van and found all the gear. The let him know and he was out the door, check in hand.
One thing that has changed is with employees that are under personal service contracts. Used to be they would be told 30,60 or 90 days before the end of their contract that their services were no longer needed, and be shown the door on the spot, but continue to be paid through the end of their contract. Now, they are still told 30, 60 or 90 days in advance, but work to the end of the contract. I have only worked under a personal service contract once.....worked 9 months of a 3 year contract with "outs". I started a new job a week after leaving my old one, drew a full paycheck from two employers for almost 90 days.