Texas Workforce Commission is supposed to enforce the Texas statutes regarding wages. TWC provides a helpful summary of the Texas Pay Day statute. See the TWC summary here. But, their summary does not answer one frequently asked question, when must an employer pay the last paycheck? I am asked this often, since many employers
Texas Payday Statute
Texas Workforce Commission Collected $4.7 Million in Unpaid Wages
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Wage and Hour Issues
It takes months for Texas Workforce Commission to complete an investigation of a wage claim. See San Antonio Express News story. TWC enforces the Texas Payday Statute and other laws. They also investigate wage claims. They receive 14,000 claims each year by workers who were not paid. But, as I have explained to many potential…
Final Paycheck Due in Six Days in Texas
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Contracts
Texas Workforce Commission is supposed to enforce the Texas statutes regarding wages. A statute is a law passed by the state legislature. TWC provides a summary of the Texas Payday Statute at: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/ui/lablaw/pdlsum.html. Many employees want to know when must an employer pay the last paycheck? Frequently, many employers withhold the last paycheck …
Deductions from a Paycheck
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Wage and Hour Issues
Many callers want to know about miscellaneous deductions from a paycheck. Auto repair shops deduct for lost tools, long haul truck companies deduct for uniforms, everyone deducts for something. Often, these employers deduct the wrong things in the wrong way. Under the Texas Payday Statute, an employer can only deduct only what the law…