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TX Lab Code § 62.0515 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter B. Minimum Wage|Section 62.0515. Application of Minimum Wage to Certain Governmental Entities; Certain Agreements With Governmental Entities

Sec. 62.0515.  APPLICATION OF MINIMUM WAGE TO CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES;  CERTAIN AGREEMENTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, the minimum wage provided by this chapter supersedes a wage established in an ordinance, order, or charter provision governing wages in private employment, other than wages under a public contract.(b)  This section does not apply to any state or federal job training or workforce development program.(c)  This section does not apply to a minimum wage established by a governmental entity that applies to a contract or agreement, including a non-annexation agreement, entered into by a governmental entity and a private entity.  A private entity that enters into a contract or agreement, including a non-annexation agreement, with a governmental entity, under the terms of which the private entity agrees to comply with a minimum wage established by the governmental entity, is subject to the terms of that contract or agreement, and those terms apply to and may be enforced against a general contractor, subcontractor, developer, and other person with which the private entity contracts in order to comply with the provisions of the original contract or agreement.(d)  For purposes of this section, "governmental entity" includes a municipality, a county, a special district or authority, a junior college district, or another political subdivision of this state.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 461, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Lab Code § 62.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter B. Minimum Wage|Section 62.052. Tipped Employees

Sec. 62.052.  TIPPED EMPLOYEES.  (a)  In determining the wage of a tipped employee, the amount paid the employee by the employer is the amount described as paid to a tipped employee under Section 3(m), Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 203(m)).(b)  In this section, "tipped employee" means an employee engaged in an occupation in which the employee customarily and regularly receives more than $20 a month in tips.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 386, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Lab Code § 62.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter B. Minimum Wage|Section 62.053. Cost of Meals or Lodging

Sec. 62.053.  COST OF MEALS OR LODGING.  In computing the wage paid to an employee, an employer may include the reasonable cost to the employer of furnishing meals, lodging, or both to the employee if:(1)  meals or lodging customarily are furnished by the employer to employees;  and(2)  the cost of the meals and lodging are separately stated and identified in the earnings statement furnished to the employee under Section 62.003.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 62.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter B. Minimum Wage|Section 62.054. Certain Employees Subject to Call

Sec. 62.054.  CERTAIN EMPLOYEES SUBJECT TO CALL.  An employer may not be required to pay an employee who lives on the premises of a business and who is assigned certain working hours plus additional hours when the employee is subject to call for more than the number of hours the employee actually works or is on duty because of assigned working hours.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 62.057 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter B. Minimum Wage|Section 62.057. Patients and Clients of Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation

Sec. 62.057.  PATIENTS AND CLIENTS OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION.  (a)  A person may be compensated for services rendered to the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation or a department facility at a percentage of the base wage adopted under this section if:(1)  the person is a patient or client of a department facility;(2)  the person's productive capacity is impaired;(3)  the person:(A)  assists in the operation of the facility as part of the person's therapy;  or(B)  receives occupational training in a sheltered workshop or other program operated by the department;  and(4)  the facility or department derives an economic benefit from the person's services.(b)  The percentage of the base wage paid to a person under Subsection (a) must correspond to the percentage of the person's productive capacity compared with the capacity of an employee who performs the same or similar tasks and who is not similarly impaired.(c)  The department shall adopt rules to determine the base wage and the percentage of productive capacity of the patients and clients and other rules necessary to implement this section.(d)  Services rendered and payment provided under this section may not be construed as creating an employer-employee relationship between the department and the patient or client engaged in occupational training or therapeutic or rehabilitative services.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 62.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter D. Exemptions|Section 62.151. Person Covered by Federal Act

Sec. 62.151.  PERSON COVERED BY FEDERAL ACT.  This chapter and a municipal ordinance or charter provision governing wages in private employment, other than wages under a public contract, do not apply to a person covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.).|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 461, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Lab Code § 62.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter D. Exemptions|Section 62.152. Employment by Religious, Educational, Charitable, or Nonprofit Organization

Sec. 62.152.  EMPLOYMENT BY RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, CHARITABLE, OR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.  An employer is exempt from this chapter with respect to the employment of a person who is:(1)  a member of a religious order while the person is performing a service for or at the direction of the order;(2)  a duly ordained, commissioned, or licensed minister, priest, rabbi, sexton, or Christian Science reader while the person is performing services in that capacity for a church, synagogue, or religious organization;(3)  engaged in the activities of a religious, educational, charitable, or nonprofit organization in which:(A)  the employer-employee relationship does not in fact exist;  or(B)  the services are rendered to the organization gratuitously;(4)  employed by the Boy Scouts of America, the Girl Scouts of America, or a local organization affiliated with those organizations;(5)  employed by a camp of a religious, educational, charitable, or nonprofit organization;  or(6)  employed with the person's spouse by a nonprofit educational institution to serve as the parents of a child:(A)  who is an orphan;(B)  one of whose natural parents is deceased;  or(C)  who is enrolled in and resides in residential facilities of the institution, if the employee and the employee's spouse:(i)  reside in residential facilities of the institution;  and(ii)  receive, without cost, board and lodging from the institution.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 62.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter D. Exemptions|Section 62.153. Employment of Certain Professionals, Salespersons, and Public Officials

Sec. 62.153.  EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS, SALESPERSONS, AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS.  An employer is exempt from this chapter with respect to the employment of a person:(1)  employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity;(2)  employed as an outside salesperson or collector and paid a commission;  or(3)  who performs services for a political subdivision as an elected official or as a member of a legislative body.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 62.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter D. Exemptions|Section 62.154. Domestic Employment

Sec. 62.154.  DOMESTIC EMPLOYMENT.  An employer is exempt from this chapter with respect to the employment of a person who:(1)  performs domestic services in or about a private home, including a person who performs the duties of baby-sitting in or out of the employer's home;  or(2)  lives in or about a private home and furnishes personal care for a resident of the home.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 62.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter D. Exemptions|Section 62.155. Employment of Certain Youths and Students

Sec. 62.155.  EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN YOUTHS AND STUDENTS.  An employer is exempt from this chapter with respect to the employment of a person who:(1)  is less than 18 years of age and is not a high school graduate or a graduate of a vocational training program, other than a person who is employed in agriculture and whose pay is computed on a piece rate;(2)  is less than 20 years of age and is a student regularly enrolled in a high school, college, university, or vocational training program, other than a person who is employed in agriculture and whose pay is computed on a piece rate;  or(3)  has a disability and who is:(A)  not more than 21 years of age;(B)  a client of vocational rehabilitation;  and(C)  participating in a cooperative school-work program.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 62.156 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter D. Exemptions|Section 62.156. Employment of Inmates

Sec. 62.156.  EMPLOYMENT OF INMATES.  An employer is exempt from this chapter with respect to the employment of a person who performs services while imprisoned in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or while confined in a local jail.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 62.157 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter D. Exemptions|Section 62.157. Employment of Certain Family Members

Sec. 62.157.  EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS.  An employer is exempt from this chapter with respect to employment of the employer's brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, child, spouse, parent, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, ward, or person in loco parentis to the employee.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 62.158 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter D. Exemptions|Section 62.158. Certain Amusement and Recreational Establishments

Sec. 62.158.  CERTAIN AMUSEMENT AND RECREATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS.  An employer is exempt from this chapter with respect to employment in an amusement or recreational establishment that:(1)  does not operate for more than seven months in a calendar year;  or(2)  had average receipts for any six months of the preceding calendar year of not more than 33-1/3 percent of its average receipts for the other six months of the year.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 62.159 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter D. Exemptions|Section 62.159. Certain Employers Not Contributing to Unemployment Compensation Fund; Certificate

Sec. 62.159.  CERTAIN EMPLOYERS NOT CONTRIBUTING TO UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND;  CERTIFICATE.  (a)  An employer that is not liable for payment of contributions to the unemployment compensation fund under Subtitle A, Title 4, is exempt from this chapter, except with respect to employment of a person in agriculture.(b)  The commission shall furnish a certificate stating whether a specified employer is liable for the payment of contributions to the unemployment compensation fund under Subtitle A, Title 4, to a person making a written request for a certificate.  The commission may require payment of a fee not to exceed $5 for the issuance of the certificate.(c)  A certificate issued under this section is admissible in evidence in an action brought by an employee under Subchapter E.  In the absence of evidence to the contrary:(1)  it is presumed that the facts stated in the certificate are true;  and(2)  the certificate is conclusive as to whether the named employer is exempt from this chapter under this section.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 9.16, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Lab Code § 62.160 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter D. Exemptions|Section 62.160. Agricultural Exemptions

Sec. 62.160.  AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTIONS.  (a)  An employer is exempt from this chapter with respect to employment of a person in dairy farming.(b)  Sections 62.051-62.054 do not apply to an agricultural employer with respect to an employee engaged in the production of livestock.(c)  In this section, "production of livestock" includes:(1)  any livestock operation, without regard to size or type of location, in which the land produces forage or feedstuffs, including naturally or artificially revegetated forage or feedstuffs;(2)  breeding, feeding, watering, containing, maintaining, and caring for livestock;(3)  production of livestock in feedlots;  and(4)  all other activities necessary or useful to the raising of livestock.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 5.34, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Lab Code § 62.161 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter D. Exemptions|Section 62.161. Sheltered Workshops

Sec. 62.161.  SHELTERED WORKSHOPS.  A nonprofit charitable organization that is engaged in evaluating, training, and employment services for clients with disabilities and that complies with federal regulations covering those activities is considered to have complied with this chapter.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 62.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter E. Civil Penalty|Section 62.201. Civil Penalty

Sec. 62.201.  CIVIL PENALTY.  An employer who violates Section 62.051, 62.052, 62.053, or 62.054 or Subchapter C is liable to an affected employee in the amount of the unpaid wages plus an additional equal amount as liquidated damages.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 461, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Lab Code § 62.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter E. Civil Penalty|Section 62.202. Limitations

Sec. 62.202.  LIMITATIONS.  An action to recover a liability imposed by this subchapter must be brought not later than the second anniversary of the date on which the unpaid wages are due and payable.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 62.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter E. Civil Penalty|Section 62.203. Plaintiffs

Sec. 62.203.  PLAINTIFFS.  (a)  An action to recover a liability under this subchapter may be brought by an employee for that employee and other similarly affected employees.(b)  An employee may not be a plaintiff to an action brought under this subchapter unless:(1)  the employee consents in writing;  and(2)  the consent is filed in the court in which the action is brought.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 62.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter E. Civil Penalty|Section 62.204. Required Findings

Sec. 62.204.  REQUIRED FINDINGS.  At the trial of an action brought under this subchapter, the plaintiff recovers if the jury or the court finds from a preponderance of the evidence that:(1)  the plaintiff is or has been employed by the defendant at any time during the two years preceding the institution of the action;(2)  the original petition filed by or on behalf of the plaintiff is verified;  and(3)  the defendant failed to pay the plaintiff the minimum wage under this chapter.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 62.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle C - Wages|Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage|Subchapter E. Civil Penalty|Section 62.205. Attorney's Fees; Costs

Sec. 62.205.  ATTORNEY'S FEES;  COSTS.  In addition to a judgment awarded to the plaintiff, the court shall allow reasonable attorney's fees and costs of the action to be paid by the defendant.|Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Lab Code § 91.0011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle E - Regulation of Certain Occupations|Chapter 91 - Professional Employer Organizations|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 91.0011. Coemployment Relationship

Sec. 91.0011.  COEMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP.  (a)  A coemployment relationship is intended to be an ongoing relationship rather than a temporary or specific one, in which the rights, duties, and obligations of an employer that arise out of an employment relationship are allocated between coemployers under a professional employer services agreement.  Coemployment is not a joint employment arrangement.(b)  In a coemployment relationship:(1)  the professional employer organization may enforce only those employer rights and is subject to only those obligations specifically allocated to the professional employer organization by the professional employer services agreement or this chapter;(2)  the client may enforce any right and is obligated to perform those employer obligations allocated to the client by the professional employer services agreement or this chapter; and(3)  the client may enforce any right and is obligated to perform any obligation of an employer not specifically allocated to the professional employer organization by the professional employer services agreement or this chapter.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 117 (S.B. 1286), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Lab Code § 91.0012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle E - Regulation of Certain Occupations|Chapter 91 - Professional Employer Organizations|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 91.0012. Covered Employee

Sec. 91.0012.  COVERED EMPLOYEE.  (a)  A covered employee must meet all the following criteria:(1)  the individual must receive written notice of the coemployment relationship with the professional employer organization; and(2)  the individual's coemployment relationship must be under a professional employer services agreement subject to this chapter.(b)  An individual who is an executive employee, as described by Section 406.097, of the client is a covered employee, except to the extent the professional employer organization and the client expressly agree in the professional employer services agreement that the individual is not a covered employee.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 117 (S.B. 1286), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Lab Code § 91.0013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle E - Regulation of Certain Occupations|Chapter 91 - Professional Employer Organizations|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 91.0013. Franchisors Excluded

Sec. 91.0013.  FRANCHISORS EXCLUDED.  (a)  In this section, "franchisee" and "franchisor" have the meanings assigned by 16 C.F.R. Section 436.1.(b)  For purposes of this chapter, a franchisor is not considered to be in a coemployment relationship with:(1)  a franchisee; or(2)  a franchisee's employees.(c)  With respect to a specific claim for relief under this chapter made by a franchisee or a franchisee's employee, this section does not apply to a franchisor who has been found by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state to have exercised a type or degree of control over the franchisee or the franchisee's employees not customarily exercised by a franchisor for the purpose of protecting the franchisor's trademarks and brand.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1156 (S.B. 652), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Lab Code § 91.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle E - Regulation of Certain Occupations|Chapter 91 - Professional Employer Organizations|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 91.002. Rules

Sec. 91.002.  RULES.  (a)  The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this chapter.(b)  Each person who offers professional employer services is subject to this chapter and the rules adopted by the commission.(c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, nothing in this chapter preempts the existing statutory or rulemaking authority of any other state agency or entity to regulate professional employer services in a manner consistent with the statutory authority of that state agency or entity.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 9.20(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1379, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 771, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 14.002, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 117 (S.B. 1286), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Lab Code § 91.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Labor Code|Title 2 - Protection of Laborers|Subtitle E - Regulation of Certain Occupations|Chapter 91 - Professional Employer Organizations|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 91.003. Interagency Cooperation

Sec. 91.003.  INTERAGENCY COOPERATION.  (a)  Each state agency that in performing duties under other law affects the regulation of professional employer services shall cooperate with the department and other state agencies as necessary to implement and enforce this chapter.(b)  In particular, the Texas Workforce Commission, the division of workers' compensation of the Texas Department of Insurance, the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, and the attorney general's office shall assist in the implementation of this chapter and shall provide information to the department on request.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 9.20(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1379, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 26.016, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.001, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 117 (S.B. 1286), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.|