Bill Text: TX SB1340 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1340 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the required earnings statement provided by employers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1340 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1340-Introduced.html

	86R16104 TYPED

	By: Zaffirini	S.B. No. 1340



	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, 2019.