Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 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.Tex. Gov't. Code § 658.002
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 734,Sec. 102, eff. 9/1/2015.Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.