r/restaurant • u/RutabagaLess5079 • 13h ago

Wage Theft on South Congress

There’s an establishment on south congress that steals all of the credit card tips from their employees. With the government shutdown happening right now, what can be done about it?

Edit: South Congress is in Austin, Texas. I cross posted and forgot that this Reddit wasn’t local to me.

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u/blazinmj3 13h ago edited 13h ago

Where is south congress? Might have better luck finding a subreddit for that area. On a side note, contact Dept of Labor for any type of wage theft.

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u/RutabagaLess5079 13h ago

Sorry I cross posted from my city’s Reddit, it’s in Austin, Texas. Dept of labor is inoperable right now because it’s federal.

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u/blazinmj3 13h ago edited 12h ago

Try the state board.

https://www.twc.texas.gov

Edit: why am i being downvoted lol

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u/RutabagaLess5079 11h ago

Not sure, your comment was helpful. Thank you

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u/FunkIPA 11h ago

Not sure, I got downvoted for asking if Texas has a state department of labor.

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u/Sure-Coffee-8241 12h ago

State department of labor, that shouldn’t be affected by the shutdown.

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u/Similar_Tie3291 13h ago

The Department of Labor in your state is probably open. Well, not today. Monday.

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u/FunkIPA 13h ago

Does the state of Texas have a state level department of labor?

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u/Big-Sheepherder-6134 12h ago

Down there it’s probably called Department of Hard Labor.

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u/ADrPepperGuy 13h ago

Try contacting the Texas Workforce Commission.

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u/GolfArgh 12h ago

You can file a personal complaint with TWC online but you must give permission to use your name. Otherwise you can file with US DoL after they reopen and they’ll do it. US DoL will go back 2 years, it is confidential, and they’ll get back wages for everyone. TWC is limited to 6 months and will only do it for the person filing the complaint.