Vacation Pay is not Owed to Departing Texas Employees
Under the Texas Payday Statute, terminated employees are not entitled to their vacation pay when they leave their job. So explains Russ Cawyer in this post. The same statutory provision applies to sick leave or severance pay. Such benefits are owed to the employee only if the departing employee has a valid contract providing for those benefits. You can view the Texas Payday statute here.
