By: Rodriguez of Travis H.B. No. 2462
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to the requirement that employers provide employees with
an earnings statement at the end of each pay period.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 62.003, Labor Code, is transferred to
Subtitle C, Chapter 61, Subchapter B, Labor Code, redesignated as
Section 61.0181, Labor Code, and amended to read as follows:
Sec. 61.0181 [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 statement must be signed by the employer or
the employer's agent and must show:
(1) the name of the employee;
(2) the rate of pay;
(3) the total amount of pay earned by the employee
during the pay period;
(4) any deduction made from the employee's pay and the
purpose of the deduction;
(5) the amount of pay after all deductions are made;
and
(6) the total number of:
(A) hours worked by the employee if the
employee's pay is computed by the hour; or
(B) units produced by the employee during the pay
period if the employee's pay is computed on a piece rate
(c) An earnings statement may be in any form determined by
the employer. The information required by Subsection (b) may be
stated on a check voucher or bank draft given to an employee for the
employee's wages.
(d) In this section, "pay period" means the period that an
employee works for which salary or wages are regularly paid under
the employee's employment agreement.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.