In this subtitle, "employment" means a service, including service in interstate commerce, performed by an individual for wages or under an express or implied contract of hire, unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the commission that the individual's performance of the service has been and will continue to be free from control or direction under the contract and in fact.
Tex. Lab. Code § 201.041
GENERAL DEFINITION OF EMPLOYMENT
Known as the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act
The act spans §§ 201–215 (345 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Harris County Appraisal District v. Texas Workforce Commission (2017)
Most recently applied in Harris County Appraisal District v. Texas Workforce Commission (May 2017)
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.