Stop by or call the employer to arrange a time to pick up the check. If you are refused, send a letter with Return Receipt Requested Certified Mail. In the letter state the dates you worked for that check and supply your mailing address; ask that it is mailed to your home.
If your letter is rejected, it will be returned to you unopened. (Leave it sealed with all Post Office cards still attached.) Give 2 weeks for a response. If you still do not get your check, contact any "Headquarters" office for that company.
Or, contact the unemployment office in the State where you live. They can advise you where you should write next.
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