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| 1 | 1 | 87R1728 KSD-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hernandez H.B. No. 405 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the period during which an employee may file a claim for | |
| 8 | 8 | unpaid wages with the Texas Workforce Commission. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 61.051(c), Labor Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) A wage claim must be filed not later than the first | |
| 13 | 13 | anniversary of [180th day after] the date the wages claimed became | |
| 14 | 14 | due for payment. The filing [180-day] deadline is a matter of | |
| 15 | 15 | jurisdiction. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | |
| 17 | 17 | 61.051, Labor Code, applies to a wage claim filed under Subchapter | |
| 18 | 18 | D, Chapter 61, Labor Code, for wages that become due for payment on | |
| 19 | 19 | or after March 5, 2021. A wage claim for wages that became due for | |
| 20 | 20 | payment before that date is governed by the law in effect | |
| 21 | 21 | immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former | |
| 22 | 22 | law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |