Texas Labor Code Title 2, Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 62.001 - Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the Texas Minimum Wage Act. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
- Texas Section 62.002 - Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context requires a different definition: (1) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506, Sec. 5.35(10), eff. September 1,...
- Texas Section 62.003 - Earnings Statement
(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...
- Texas Section 62.004 - Provision Of Information
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:...
- Texas Section 62.005 - Collective Bargaining Not Impaired
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...
SUBCHAPTER B MINIMUM WAGE
- Texas Section 62.006 - 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...
- Texas Section 62.051 - Minimum Wage
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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
SUBCHAPTER D EXEMPTIONS
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
SUBCHAPTER E CIVIL PENALTY
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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)...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
Last modified: September 28, 2016