How to file a wage claim in Texas.
Filed with the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) Labor Law Section. Form: Wage Claim Form. Statute of limitations: 180 days from when wages were due (Texas Payday Law).
Calculate your specific deadline
Enter the date wages were due → get the deadline for Texas, federal FLSA, EEOC charge, and NLRB ULP.
Open SOL calculatorWhat this form covers
TWC has narrow jurisdiction — FLSA wage claims (overtime, federal minimum wage) route to US DOL. Texas Payday Law covers wages "agreed to" — bonuses, commissions, vacation if firm policy promises it.
Where the form is filed
The Wage Claim Form is the canonical wage-claim form for Texas. SynthCounsel hosts the official .gov source PDF and re-verifies it nightly.
Federal options run in parallel
State wage claims don’t replace federal claims. The FLSA SOL (2 years; 3 if willful) runs separately from Texas’s SOL, and you may file with the US DOL Wage & Hour Division for federal minimum-wage and overtime violations. For discrimination claims, the EEOC charge clock starts at 180 days (300 days in deferral states like CA, NY, IL, etc.).
- · FLSA wage claim: DOL WH-31 (dol.gov)
- · EEOC discrimination charge: SynthCounsel wizard + eeoc.gov
- · NLRB unfair labor practice: NLRB-501 (nlrb.gov)
- · OSHA workplace hazard: OSHA-7 (osha.gov)
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Wage claim time limits
All four parallel deadlines (state, FLSA, EEOC, NLRB) from one date.
EEOC charge wizard
Build a Form 5 narrative if your wage claim involves discrimination.