Legal Question in Employment Law in Texas

If an employee resigns from the company, how much time do I have as the employer to present him or her with their final paycheck?


Asked on 8/06/10, 12:39 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Joe Gilbreath The Gilbreath Law Firm, PLLC

The Texas Labor Code provides the following answer:

Sec. 61.014. PAYMENT AFTER TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. (a) An employer shall pay in full an employee who is discharged from employment not later than the sixth day after the date the employee is discharged.

(b) An employer shall pay in full an employee who leaves employment other than by discharge not later than the next regularly scheduled payday.

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

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Answered on 8/11/10, 1:17 pm


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