EMPLOYER CHARGEBACKS PROHIBITED; ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATION
Known as the Texas Workers' Compensation Act
The act spans §§ 401–419 (623 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Argonaut Insurance Co. v. Baker (2002)
Most recently applied in TIC Energy and Chemical, Inc. v. Kevin Bradford Martin (January 2015)
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) An employer may not collect from an employee, directly or indirectly, a premium or other fee paid by the employer to obtain workers' compensation insurance coverage, except as provided by Sections 406.123 and 406.144.
(b) An employee or legal beneficiary of an employee has a right of action to recover damages against an employer who violates Subsection (a).
(c) A person commits an administrative violation if the person violates Subsection (a).
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.