<prompt> Human: Hello personal finance. Ive been a long time lurker, first time poster.I was recently laid off from work from a tech startup company. MY last six months while working with this company the CEO always issued checks that were late and sometimes bounced when i attempted to cash it at the bank.I was laid off from the company and the CEO refused to give me my termination letter and the 3 checks that I was owed from November 15, 2014 till January 1, 2015.I received my w-2 tax documents and it does not include those hours that i have worked the latter half of November and the entire month of December.I have already filed a wage claim form at the local department of Labor. Is there anything else that i can do to receive my owed wages sooner?Should i file my tax return like normal? Should i seek legal help?Thank you.  <response>: Check out rlegaladvice too. 