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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement that an employer provide an employee with |
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an earnings statement at the end of each pay period. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 62.003, Labor Code, is transferred to |
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Subchapter B, Chapter 61, Labor Code, redesignated as Section |
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61.0181, and amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.0181 [62.003]. EARNINGS STATEMENT. (a) At the end |
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of each pay period, an employer shall give each employee a written |
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earnings statement covering the pay period. |
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(b) An earnings statement must be signed by the employer or |
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the employer's agent and must show: |
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(1) the name of the employee; |
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(2) the rate of pay; |
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(3) the total amount of pay earned by the employee |
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during the pay period; |
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(4) any deduction made from the employee's pay and the |
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purpose of the deduction; |
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(5) the amount of pay after all deductions are made; |
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and |
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(6) the total number of: |
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(A) hours worked by the employee if the |
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employee's pay is computed by the hour; or |
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(B) units produced by the employee during the pay |
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period if the employee's pay is computed on a piece rate. |
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(c) An earnings statement may be in any form determined by |
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the employer. The information required by Subsection (b) may be |
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stated on a check voucher or bank draft given to an employee for the |
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employee's wages. |
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(d) In this section, "pay period" means the period that an |
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employee works for which salary or wages are regularly paid under |
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the employee's employment agreement. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |