Of course, we can’t give you a black-and-white rule for all situations and cases. However, in our experience, TWC Wage Claims can certainly be useful for:

• Recovering a final paycheck that your former employer is refusing to pay you.
• Recovering money that the employer improperly deducted from your pay, and especially from that final paycheck as you were on your way out.
• Recovering unused vacation pay when you leave the company and the employer has a written policy to pay out unused vacation pay in such circumstances.
• Recovering modest unpaid commissions or a bonus that is considered wages for work.