If an employee believes they are owed wages, they need to file a wage claim within 180 days from the original date the wages were supposed to be paid. Learn about wage claims and what you can do if you are not paid your wages or overtime.Request a free initial consultation. If you think we may have recovered unpaid wages for you, use the Workers Owed Wages (WOW) application to search and claim them. It covers only private employers; it does not cover governmental employers, i.e. Call 832-623-6420 today! As laid out in Texas Labor Code 61.051, an employee can file a wage claim if they were not paid their proper wages for time worked. When an employer fails to pay wages owed to an employee, the employee has several legal options available in Houston, Texas. Overtime pay at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate of pay is required after 40 hours of work in a workweek.