From the Labor Department file
What is on record for Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- Name on the record
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- Also recorded as
- Texas Parole Division, Texas Parole Divsion-Laredo Office, Texas Parole Office-McAllen, Ellis County Community Corrections
- Location on the record
- Huntsville, Austin, Houston, Texas
- County
- Walker County
- Industry
- State Correctional Institutions; Parole Offices and Probation Offices
- Cases
- 34 closed, 27 with a violation found, 7 with none
- Back wages agreed to pay
- $3,063,294
- Workers due back wages
- 2,818
- Civil money penalties assessed
- $380,512
- Violations recorded
- 2,900
- First and latest case
- 1998 to 2024
- Repeat or willful flags
- 13 flagged repeat, 9 flagged willful
Every investigation
Every case on the record, newest first
| Investigation | Laws | Violations | Back wages | Workers | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2023 to July 2024 | FLSA, overtime | 1,612 | $1,224,785 | 1,612 | $0 |
| June 2024 to July 2024 | FMLA | 2 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| April 2022 to July 2022 | FLSA, overtime | 3 | $1,033 | 1 | $0 |
| October 2019 to October 2021 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| February 2020 | FMLA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| July 2017 to June 2019 | FLSA, overtime repeat | 2 | $361 | 1 | $0 |
| July 2016 to December 2016 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| April 2013 to March 2015 | FLSA, overtime repeat | 49 | $116,519 | 48 | $0 |
| February 2015 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| August 2012 to July 2014 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| November 2011 to November 2013 | FLSA, overtime repeat and willful | 31 | $22,510 | 30 | $16,500 |
| November 2011 to November 2013 | FLSA, overtime repeat and willful | 12 | $9,830 | 11 | $6,050 |
| November 2011 to November 2013 | FLSA, overtime repeat and willful | 114 | $230,366 | 113 | $62,150 |
| November 2011 to November 2013 | FLSA, overtime repeat and willful | 606 | $78,286 | 605 | $249,562 |
| October 2010 to September 2012 | FLSA, overtime | 4 | $513 | 3 | $0 |
| June 2010 to May 2012 | FLSA, overtime repeat | 6 | $21,830 | 6 | $0 |
| November 2009 to October 2011 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| November 2009 to March 2011 | FLSA, overtime repeat | 2 | $247 | 1 | $0 |
| March 2008 to February 2010 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| March 2008 to February 2010 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| March 2008 to February 2010 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| March 2008 to February 2010 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| March 2008 to February 2010 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| March 2008 to February 2010 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| March 2008 to February 2010 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| March 2008 to February 2010 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| October 2004 to October 2005 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| June 1997 to June 2001 | FLSA, overtime | 46 | $147,656 | 46 | $0 |
| June 1997 to June 2001 | FLSA, overtime | 101 | $360,268 | 101 | $0 |
| December 1996 to June 2001 | FLSA, overtime repeat and willful | 50 | $185,711 | 49 | $0 |
| December 1996 to June 2001 | FLSA, overtime repeat and willful | 54 | $212,378 | 53 | $46,250 |
| December 1996 to June 2001 | FLSA, overtime repeat and willful | 81 | $248,964 | 80 | $0 |
| December 1996 to June 2001 | FLSA, overtime repeat and willful | 59 | $202,038 | 58 | $0 |
| December 1996 to December 1998 | FLSA repeat and willful | 58 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
Investigation dates are the findings period the Department recorded, newest first. A zero is a zero in the file: a case can find a violation and agree no back wages.
By law
Laws involved and what each case found
- Fair Labor Standards Act: 25 cases, $3,063,294 in back wages, $380,512 in penalties
- FLSA overtime: 17 cases, $3,063,294 in back wages
- Family and Medical Leave Act: 2 cases, $0 in back wages
Plain words
What this record means and what it does not
The Wage and Hour Division enforces the federal minimum wage, overtime, child labor, family leave and the wage rules on federal contracts and visa programs. Each row above is one investigation the Division closed; of the 34 on this record, 27 ended with a violation found and 7 with none.
Back wages agreed is the amount the employer agreed to pay the workers the Division found were owed, computed at the federal rates: a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour and overtime after 40 hours in a week. Where Texas has a higher state or local minimum, the same hours would come to more under state law, and that part is not in this file.
Civil money penalties are amounts the Division assessed against the employer, separate from back wages; the file records the assessment, not what was finally paid.
The Department flagged 13 cases on this record as a repeat violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and 9 cases as willful; either flag raises the penalties it may assess.
This record is federal only. It does not include claims filed with the state labor office, private lawsuits or settlements, so an employer absent from it is not an employer with a clean record, and an employer on it has not been found guilty of anything by a court. Names are written as the Department recorded them, so one business can appear under more than one legal name, and a franchise or branch can sit under its own.
If you are owed wages
Where to file a wage claim in Texas
In Texas a wage claim can go to the state: Texas Payday Law wage claim, Texas Workforce Commission takes claims under state law, which often covers more than the federal rules. The federal route is the Division's page on how to file a complaint with the Wage and Hour Division with what to send and where. The Division also keeps a search of back wages owed to workers it collected and could not deliver.
Around this employer
Nearby employers and related pages
Other employers on the record in Huntsville, by back wages:
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Laboratory Specialist, Inc. | 1 | $88,522 | 99 |
| 5-T Utilities, Inc. | 1 | $54,454 | 65 |
| McCaffety Electric Co., Inc | 2 | $48,814 | 48 |
| Montoya Mexican Restaurant #2, Inc. | 1 | $36,093 | 21 |
| Bayes Achievement Center, Inc. | 1 | $11,084 | 1 |
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Sources
Where this record comes from
The record comes from the Wage and Hour Division compliance action data published by the U.S. Department of Labor, every concluded investigation since fiscal 2005, snapshot dated April 22, 2026 and read for this page on November 5, 2026. The Wage and Hour Division is the office that made the findings. Figures are printed as the file carries them, a zero included; an investigation with no end date is shown by its start; the county is the one the Census Bureau puts the employer's ZIP code in.
Disclaimer. The wage and hour information here is for general information only. It comes from the Labor Department's closed case file as the Department publishes it, which can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and a case on this record is not a court judgment and not an admission by the employer. Check with the Wage and Hour Division before you rely on it. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.