Texas Are You Owed Wages Poster

WH-52  ENG  (0922)  	
 	
 
Are You Owed Wages?  	
YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO FILE A WAGE CLAIM UNDER  THE TEXAS PAYDAY LAW  
W	ages are: 
• Pay ment  owed to an employee by an employer for labor or services performed  
•  Calculated  based on time, task, piece, commission, etc.  
•  Owed for vacation, severance, holiday, sick leave or parental leave only if  provided for by a written 
agreement or policy.  
W	ages must be paid: 
• At least once a month to Fair Labor Standards Act or FLSA -exempt employees  
•  A t least twice a month to FLSA -non- exempt employees  
•  In full no later than the sixth day following an employee’s discharge  
•  In full no later than the next regular payday for employees who leave for reasons other than 
discharge  
•  For bonus -or -commissions -based p ayments in the same timely manner, and as agreed upon by the 
employer and employee.  
W	ages may be withheld or diverted by the employer only if:  
• Authorized to do so by a proper court, or  
•  Authorized to do so by state or federal law, or  
•  The employee gives  written permission to do so for a lawful purpose.  
W	orkers who believe wages are due them… 	
May file a wage claim using TWC’s online system or by using a paper form that you print and mail or fax 
to TWC.  Go to 	
https://twc.texas.gov/jobseekers/texas -payday -law  to file online , or get	 a  paper  wage claim 	
form  at  a TWC  Workforce  office, download from our website ,  or call the  numbers listed below to have 
the form mailed to you.  Wage claims must be filed with the Texas Workforce Commission Labor Law 
Section  not later than the 180th day after the wages were due for payment.  	
It’s Your Pay. You’re Protected.	  	
Online : twc.texas.gov/jobseekers/texas -payday -law  
Use th e Quick Response (QR) code  to go to the Online form.	
 	
 
Mail  your PAYDAY CLAIM to:  	
Texas Workforce Commission  
W age and Hour department  
101 East 15th Street , Room 514 
Austin, Texas 78778 Call 800-832 -9243  
 
F ax  to (512) 475 -3025  	
Go to 	https://twc.texas.gov/jobseekers/texas- payday-law  for more information.  	
Questions: 800-832 -9243  or  (512) 475 -2670 (TDD 800 -735 -2989)