<prompt> Human: Just a little background: Ive kept consistent and long-term employment for all of my working life. In the 11 years Ive been working, so far, its been 3 years at my first job, 1 year at my next job, 3 years at the next, and 4 years at my current place of employment. I thought that it would be a smart idea to pick up a part-time job and try to tuck a little aside for my savings. I quickly realized that I am definitely not a 2-job person and abandoned the job. Frankly, the owner is an asshole and totally talks down to all of his employees. He vented to me personally about one of his managers. Me, an hourly employee. I didnt really jive with that. Im not really keen on that type of management style, so I didnt bother to give him the time of day when I decided not to come in. In retrospect, I should have just let him know that I wanted to quit and get my 2 week check and go. Obviously, I am not a smart man, nor a considerate one, after this one incident. But, I just kind of figured ya know, labor laws and legally speaking that they would mail the check or have it still written up and waiting. I waited a month before contacting him regarding picking up my check for the time worked.More background info: I was never informed of what my starting wage would be. It didnt come up in the interview, and I figured I would work-horse my way to pay-day to see what he had started paying me. I suppose I was more looking for a distraction with easy work. The work was easy, but I just couldnt stand his condescension. I call and ask if the GM was in the restaurant. He answered very short and abrupt. I apologized and explained that I couldnt communicate why I left, but would like to pick up my check for my time worked. It had to be up there, I thought to myself. Here was his answer: When I didnt hear from you, I didnt write a check up. You didnt communicate with me.Obviously, Im not lawyer or labor lawyer, but Im pretty sure companies and businesses alike need to have checks prepared on pay-day, no matter whether the employee quit or was fired. Employees are due final compensation for time worked, right? I was kind of taken aback, and was also having a stressful morning with vehicle maintenance, so I apologized again and asked if I could just get my check and thats why Im calling. He smugly says, Well, I see that youre communicating to me now, but I dont have a check for you because you didnt communicate with me that you were leaving.I didnt really stay on the phone with him for long after that. I think I had been so heated and stressed that I said something incoherent and hung up.Im not really sure of my rights at this point. In my mind, it seems that hes refusing to pay me based only on my lack of communication, and that legally he should provide a check. Professionally, I understand it looks terrible. Very well aware. But, I was not expecting to be told that there was no check even drawn up based on me not communicating with him. Im living in the state of Michigan, so Im not really sure of what labor laws are in place here to obtain my compensation. Anyone willing to help a jerk employee figure out how I can get paid for those weeks that I was employed? It was before the first pay-period apparently, again, was not really informed as to when that would be, either, so I dont know if that factors into the state law, or not. Assistant: Contact the GM, dont get emotional, regardless of what that guy says, say this: Michigan law dictates that I need to be paid on whatever day is considered to be my next scheduled pay day. I will drop by to collect my last and only paycheck on insert date. I assume you will have my paycheck ready for me when I arrive, I would prefer not to get the department of labor involved in this.This should do it 99 of the time. Let me know if you actually DO need to get the DoL involved, its as easy as filing a complaint, you dont need a lawyer or pay anything, assuming you were a W2 employee, your protections are a lot less if you were an independent contractor. In the mean while Google Michigan last paycheck laws. Good luck, hope you get paid for your work.Human: Ill give it a day or two so that I can just get that out and not get too heated. His tone just sounded like he would refuse. I didnt want to deal with it at that moment. Thanks for the info. I was a W-2 employee, so I imagine it wont be too difficult. I just keep kicking myself in the butt for not handling this appropriately. Live and learn, eh?  <response>: You are not required to give 2 weeks. Its a formality. While it was a shitty thing to do, hes being a prick. 