Is it against the law for my employer to withhold my paycheck?

I recently quit my job and my boss sent me an email telling me that he will not send me my paycheck and I must go and pick it up personally. I do not want to confront him as we ended my employment on a bad note. Is it required by law that he must mail me my check?

It would be against the law if he were withholding it, but he has never said you can't have it, he just won't mail it. Go get your check but be civilized. If he wants to act like a jerk when you get your check, you will know you are the better person for not sinking to his level. Good Luck!

It depends on the state you live in. Call your state Workforce or Employment Commission and ask them what the guidelines are for an employer holding your last check. I quit a job in Texas because another employee threatened me and the manager/owner sided with that employee. He held my check and I had to contact the Workforce Commission. He sent me my check after he received a letter stating that he could not legally hold my check. According to the Workforce Commission, he had two weeks from the day that I quit to send me my check.

You might have to send him a certified letter requesting he mail the check within so many days of the receipt of the letter and if he doesn't comply, then you will file a complaint with the Employment Commission. Hope this helps.

He's not withholding your cheque-withholding would mean you cannot receive it until a certain date or not at all. What he is doing is ensuring that you receive it-maybe he thinks you will claim you didn't receive it in the mail or perhaps he just wants to badger you when you come in to get it-he may even use the opportunity to frame you for something-if he's a particularly nasty person and it truly ended on a bad note as you say-If I were you I would ask for a police escort or else ask a friend or relative to accompany you. This dude is obviously a real jerk and wants to see you humble yourself to get your paycheque-I suggest you send a letter authorizing the release to someone else on your behalf.

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Find out when he's not working then go in and get it, or send someone to pick it up for you. I've never heard that you actually have to go and pick it up. Not sure why he just can't put it in the mail. Is he a jerk? I would check with your local Better Business Bureau. They can act on your behalf by calling him and suggesting he send it to you in the mail. As a worse case scenario, take a bunch of your buds with your and go and get it!

It depends what state you are in--in CA, for example, the employer has 72 hours to get the final paycheck ready and you have, I believe, 72 hours to pick it up at the store, or else they have to mail it to you. Certain states may say that an employee has to go to the place of business to get their last check, others could say the employer has to mail it immediately.

If you have company equipment or own him then he can hold it until you return equipment or settle up with the company. just go get the check and make him feel bad about loosing you. Be a man about it. He isn't going to hurt you.

It depends on your state. In some states the employer has every right to demand the check be picked up in person. Why not be an adult and just go get it

Each state has it's own rules in addition the Federal regulations. I assume you there are ill feelings between you and your employer. Here's a suggestion.. send a written letter to your employer notifying them that you have not received payment for your last hours worked. Make sure you date it, put your mailing address on it, request that your check be mailed to you - and keep a copy. Send it return receipt requested so you have proof the letter was received. Some states, such as Oregon, will penalize the employer up to 100% of the last paycheck if they take longer than 12 days to pay you after your last day worked. If you were fired, your paycheck is due the next day. It is the employers responsibility to make sure the payment gets to you - not the other way around. Please remember that rules vary by state. You could get more information by calling or visiting your local "Labor Board" which is a government office set up to make sure employers don't cheat employees.
I hope this information is helpful.