Back wages
Your old employer may have owed you.
Divent matches the employers you add with Department of Labor back wage cases and shows how to claim the money it already recovered.
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How back wages work
The Department of Labor already collected it. It is waiting for you.
When the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division finds an employer underpaid workers, it collects the back wages. Workers it cannot find have three years to claim before the money goes to the U.S. Treasury.
$259Mrecovered for nearly 177,000 workers in FY2025
$1,465average back wages per worker
3 yearsto claim before it goes to the U.S. Treasury
Add your employers
Divent checks every employer you have worked for, every week.
Overtime, minimum wage and tip violationsSearch cases by employer, city and industryNot listed yet? Watch an employer and get a push when a case appearsClaim directly with the DOL through Workers Owed Wages
