85R2998 LED-F
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 70
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the required earnings statement provided by employers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 62.003, Labor Code, is transferred to
Subchapter B, Chapter 61, Labor Code, and redesignated as Section
61.0181, Labor Code, 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. Section 62.053, Labor Code, is amended to read as
follows:
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 61.0181 [62.003].
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.