In the last year I've worked at 3 different places: my old sushi bar (that closed), a shady Korean BBQ joint, and my current establishment. 

While working at the Korean BBQ place, my former boss used to give me checks from (I believe) his personal account. His checks were late regularly, and often bounced for my co-workers. Needless to say, I didn't work there very long -- two and a half months to be exact, but long enough that I racked up a few thousand dollars. Anyway, come tax season I got my W-2s from all of my jobs, except this Korean BBQ place. I've called and texted what I believe to be my former boss's phone, but have not gotten a response. I've called the business, and they always say they don't know where he is or when he'll be back, and when I ask them to leave a note for him to get back from me, nothing comes of it.

It's getting late enough in the season where I'm starting to worry and I really want to get this taken care of. As a server I know I'm likely closely watched as it is, and the last thing I'd want to do is skip out on reporting my taxes for a company that won't give me what they're legally obligated to. What am I to do in this situation?

Also potentially worth mentioning: the store is over a half hour away without traffic so it's not easy for to just drop by.
user
Company still hasn't sent me my W-2, which I need to get my taxes taken care of. What can I do?
assistant
In the last year I've worked at 3 different places: my old sushi bar (that closed), a shady Korean BBQ joint, and my current establishment. 

While working at the Korean BBQ place, my former boss used to give me checks from (I believe) his personal account. His checks were late regularly, and often bounced for my co-workers. Needless to say, I didn't work there very long -- two and a half months to be exact, but long enough that I racked up a few thousand dollars. Anyway, come tax season I got my W-2s from all of my jobs, except this Korean BBQ place. I've called and texted what I believe to be my former boss's phone, but have not gotten a response. I've called the business, and they always say they don't know where he is or when he'll be back, and when I ask them to leave a note for him to get back from me, nothing comes of it.

It's getting late enough in the season where I'm starting to worry and I really want to get this taken care of. As a server I know I'm likely closely watched as it is, and the last thing I'd want to do is skip out on reporting my taxes for a company that won't give me what they're legally obligated to. What am I to do in this situation?

Also potentially worth mentioning: the store is over a half hour away without traffic so it's not easy for to just drop by.
user
My former boss is still missing my W-2s from a restaurant he'd given me checks from. The restaurant has been closed for a few months,
assistant