Approximately 12,000 workers in Texas don’t know they are owed money. These unpaid wages, totaling $8 million, were collected from investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor, exposing instances where employers have failed to properly compensate their current and former employees. According to Jesus Valdez (via Fox4), the Dallas District Director of the Department of Labor, the unclaimed funds average about $662 per worker. In North Texas, over $1.6 million is owed to 2,500 workers. Denton leads the state in the count of workers with unclaimed back wages, owing over $260,000 to 487 employees. In Tarrant and Collin Counties, the total…