TITLE: Relating to administrative penalties assessed by the Texas Workforce Commission against certain employers for failure to pay wages.

SUMMARY: Relating to administrative penalties assessed by the Texas Workforce Commission against certain employers for failure to pay wages.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to administrative penalties assessed by the Texas Workforce Commission against certain employers for failure to pay wages. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 61.053(a), Labor Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) If the commission examiner, a wage claim appeal tribunal, or the commission determines that an employer acted in bad faith in not paying wages as required by this chapter, the examiner, tribunal, or commission, in addition to ordering the payment of the wages, shall [may] assess an administrative penalty against the employer. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.