Texas § 658.002 WORK HOURS REQUIRED FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES.

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§ 658.002 — WORK HOURS REQUIRED FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES.

Texas § 658.002

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Bluebook

Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 658.002 (2026).

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Sec. 658.002. WORK HOURS REQUIRED FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES.

(a)A state employee paid a full-time salary shall work not less than 40 hours a week.

(b)The chief administrator of a state agency that must maintain certain services 24 hours a day may require essential employees who perform those services to be on duty for a workweek that exceeds 40 hours in necessary or emergency situations.

(c)This section does not apply to a houseparent who is employed by and lives at a Texas Juvenile Justice Department facility.

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Sec. 658.002. WORK HOURS REQUIRED FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES. (a) A state employee paid a full-time salary shall work not less than 40 hours a week.
(b) The chief administrator of a state agency that must maintain certain services 24 hours a day may require essential employees who perform those services to be on duty for a workweek that exceeds 40 hours in necessary or emergency situations.
(c) This section does not apply to a houseparent who is employed by and lives at a Texas Juvenile Justice Department facility.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549 ), Sec. 102, eff. September 1, 2015.