You can file a claim for owed wages in bankruptcy court. If you don't know, file a claim and TWC will investigate. You were employed by a federal, state, or local governmental agency such as a school district. You may be able to file a claim with the US Department of Labor (USDOL).
Filing a Complaint The Texas Workforce Commission Civil Rights Division (TWCCRD) Employment Discrimination Inquiry Submission System (EDISS) is the method to submit your employment discrimination complaint. It provides an ample amount of space to describe how you have been discriminated against.
Many investigations are initiated by complaints, which are confidential. The name of the complainant, the nature of the complaint, and whether a complaint exists may not be disclosed.
If you have experienced workplace harassment and believe it is illegal, you can report it to your employer, file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or file an official lawsuit.
It could be unlawful, though, if your employer does anything like this because of a factor like race, national origin, age, gender, or disability. Texas employment law prohibits discrimination based on certain protected categories. Harassment in the workplace is also a type of discrimination.
Generally, an investigation is triggered as soon as an employer learns about allegations of wrongdoing in the workplace. This could happen because of an employee's confidential complaint to HR, the results of an external audit, or a direct conflict or incident.
Interviews with certain employees in private. The purpose of these interviews is to verify the employer's payroll and time records, to identify workers' particular duties in sufficient detail to decide which exemptions apply, if any, and to confirm that minors are legally employed.