If an employer fires you, are they legally required to give you your last paycheck, regardless if you sign any papers at time or termination?

If an employer fires you, are they legally required to give you your last paycheck, regardless if you sign any papers at time or termination?

When I was terminated from my employment (a large retail chain), I was required to sign a “Statement of Final Pay”. They said if I did not sign it, I would flat not be payed my final paycheck. Later, a district manager said that this was correct. By law, they would or could not pay me unless I had signed this statement of final pay. I’ve always been led to believe that an employer is required, by law, to give an employee all paychecks, no matter what. Was this district manager correct? Would it be legal for them to withhold my last paycheck if I hadn’t signed this statement?

Asked on June 9, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Texas

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