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Tex. Lab. Code § 61.051

FILING WAGE CLAIM

Applied in 20 court decisions — leading case Prairie View A&M University v. Diljit K. Chatha (2012)

Most recently applied in King v. Baylor University (August 2022)

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) An employee who is not paid wages as prescribed by this chapter may file a wage claim with the commission in accordance with this subchapter.

(b) A wage claim must be filed in a manner and on a form prescribed by the commission and must be verified by the employee.

(c) A wage claim must be filed not later than the 180th day after the date the wages claimed became due for payment. The 180-day deadline is a matter of jurisdiction.

(d) The employee may file the wage claim:

(1) in person at an office of the commission;

(2) by mailing the claim to an address designated by the commission;

(3) by faxing the claim to a fax number designated by the commission;

(4) electronically in a manner designated by the commission by rule; or

(5) by any other means adopted by the commission by rule.

(e) The commission shall ensure that employees are notified of an employee's ability to request from the commission a wage claim form in either language described by Section 61.006.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.