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Texas

For Texas, law category is other; state law name is Texas Payday Law; state threshold is 1; federal threshold is 1; key differences is State payday law applies to any private-sector employer with at least one employee, matching FLSA's general applicability but specifically addressing anything relating to employee pay under Texas state law, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.

State
Texas verified
Law category
other our reading
State law name
Texas Payday Law verified
State threshold
1 verified
Federal threshold
1 verified
Key differences
State payday law applies to any private-sector employer with at least one employee, matching FLSA's general applicability but specifically addressing anything relating to employee pay under Texas state law
Coverage / scope
Anything relating to employee pay verified
Statute citation
Texas Labor Code, Chapter 61, § 61.001(4)
Sourceefte.twc.texas.gov
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DatasetState employment law headcount triggers that deviate from federal thresholds

Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.

What the source says

1 employee | Any private-sector employer | Texas Payday Law | Anything relating to employee pay

— efte.twc.texas.gov, retrieved 2026-08-14

Sources disagree

More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from — deciding between them is yours, not ours.

State law name

efte.twc.texas.gov says state law name is Texas Payday Law, as of 2026-08-14.

1 employee | Any private-sector employer | Texas Payday Law | Anything relating to employee pay

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

efte.twc.texas.gov says state law name is Texas Unemployment Compensation Act (for-profit/government), as of 2026-08-14.

1 employee | For-profit/government | Federal Unemployment Tax Act and Texas Unemployment Compensation Act | Unemployment compensation

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

efte.twc.texas.gov says state law name is Texas Unemployment Compensation Act (non-profit), as of 2026-08-14.

4 employees | Non-profit | Texas Unemployment Compensation Act | Unemployment compensation

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

State threshold

efte.twc.texas.gov says state threshold is 1, as of 2026-08-14.

1 employee | Any private-sector employer | Texas Payday Law | Anything relating to employee pay

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

efte.twc.texas.gov says state threshold is 1, as of 2026-08-14.

1 employee | For-profit/government | Federal Unemployment Tax Act and Texas Unemployment Compensation Act | Unemployment compensation

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

efte.twc.texas.gov says state threshold is 4, as of 2026-08-14.

4 employees | Non-profit | Texas Unemployment Compensation Act | Unemployment compensation

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

Key differences

efte.twc.texas.gov says key differences is State payday law applies to any private-sector employer with at least one employee, matching FLSA's general applicability but specifically addressing anything relating to employee pay under Texas state law, as of 2026-08-14.

1 employee | Any private-sector employer | Texas Payday Law | Anything relating to employee pay

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

efte.twc.texas.gov says key differences is Mirrors the federal threshold; both federal and state unemployment compensation laws apply to for-profit employers and government entities with at least one employee, as of 2026-08-14.

1 employee | For-profit/government | Federal Unemployment Tax Act and Texas Unemployment Compensation Act | Unemployment compensation

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

efte.twc.texas.gov says key differences is Non-profit employers in Texas must have four or more employees to be covered by the state unemployment compensation act, compared to the federal threshold of one employee, as of 2026-08-14.

4 employees | Non-profit | Texas Unemployment Compensation Act | Unemployment compensation

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

Coverage / scope

efte.twc.texas.gov says coverage / scope is Anything relating to employee pay, as of 2026-08-14.

1 employee | Any private-sector employer | Texas Payday Law | Anything relating to employee pay

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

efte.twc.texas.gov says coverage / scope is Unemployment compensation for for-profit and government employers, as of 2026-08-14.

1 employee | For-profit/government | Federal Unemployment Tax Act and Texas Unemployment Compensation Act | Unemployment compensation

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

efte.twc.texas.gov says coverage / scope is Unemployment compensation for non-profit employers, as of 2026-08-14.

4 employees | Non-profit | Texas Unemployment Compensation Act | Unemployment compensation

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

Statute citation

efte.twc.texas.gov says statute citation is Texas Labor Code, Chapter 61, § 61.001(4), as of 2026-08-14.

1 employee | Any private-sector employer | Texas Payday Law | Anything relating to employee pay

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

efte.twc.texas.gov says statute citation is Texas Labor Code, Chapter 201, §§ 201.021(a) and 201.023, as of 2026-08-14.

1 employee | For-profit/government | Federal Unemployment Tax Act and Texas Unemployment Compensation Act | Unemployment compensation

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

efte.twc.texas.gov says statute citation is Texas Labor Code, Chapter 201, as of 2026-08-14.

4 employees | Non-profit | Texas Unemployment Compensation Act | Unemployment compensation

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

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