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Texas Labor Code - Chapter 62 Minimum WageLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Labor Code > Texas Labor Code - Chapter 62 Minimum Wage Sponsored LinksThis chapter may be cited as the Texas Minimum Wage Act. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. ... In this chapter, unless the context requires a different definition: (1) "Agricultural piece rate worker" means a person: (A) who is employed as a hand ... (a) At the end of each pay period, an employer shall give each employee a written earnings statement covering the pay period. (b) An earnings ... The commission shall provide information to the public about this chapter to ensure that both employers and employees in this state are fully aware of: ... This chapter does not interfere with or in any way diminish the right of employees to bargain collectively with their employer through representatives chosen by ... Except as provided by Section 62.057, an employer shall pay to each employee the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair Labor Standards Act of ... (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 ... (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 ... 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 ... 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 ... (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 ... In this subchapter, "commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. ... (a) A person employed as an agricultural piece rate worker to harvest a commodity for which a piece rate has been established by the commissioner ... (a) The commissioner shall determine a piece rate for each agricultural commodity that is commercially produced in substantial quantity in this state. (b) For each ... (a) The commissioner shall collect sufficient information about the actual productivity of hand harvesters of agricultural commodities in this state to reasonably determine a piece ... (a) From the information collected under Section 62.104, the average hourly productivity of hand harvest laborers for each agricultural commodity commercially produced in substantial quantity ... (a) Before issuing an order establishing a piece rate, the commissioner or a person designated by the commissioner shall hold a public hearing at which ... (a) An order of the commissioner establishing or modifying a piece rate may not take effect before the 31st day after the date the order ... The commissioner may adopt rules necessary for the proper administration of this subchapter, including procedures for giving notice of and conducting hearings. Acts 1993, 73rd ... (a) Unless set aside by a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, the commissioner's decision establishing a piece rate is final and binding on ... A new piece rate may be established for a commodity in the manner provided for the establishment of an initial piece rate at any time ... The commissioner shall review each piece rate at least annually and shall determine if a new piece rate is needed. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. ... (a) A piece rate may not be established for harvesting of a commodity if, in the commissioner's judgment: (1) sufficient information is not available for ... This subchapter applies to: (1) a person directly employed by an owner, operator, or manager of a farm; and (2) a person whose services to ... The commissioner by order may suspend a piece rate in a specified area for not more than 30 days in an emergency caused by: (1) ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... (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 ... (a) An employer is exempt from this chapter with respect to employment of a person in dairy farming. (b) Sections 62.051-62.054 and Subchapter C do ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... (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) ... 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 ... 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 ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |