Tex. Labor Code Section 201.041
General Definition of Employment

In this subtitle, “employment” means a service, including service in interstate commerce, performed by an individual for wages or under an express or implied contract of hire, unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the commission that the individual’s performance of the service has been and will continue to be free from control or direction under the contract and in fact.

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

Source: Section 201.041 — General Definition of Employment, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.201.htm#201.041 (accessed Apr. 13, 2024).

201.001
Short Title 201.011
General Definitions 201.012
Definition of Misconduct 201.021
General Definition of Employer 201.022
Effect of Business Acquisition 201.023
Tax-exempt Nonprofit Organization 201.024
Election to Be Employer 201.025
Employer Under Federal Law 201.026
State 201.027
Employer of Domestic Service Worker 201.028
Employer of Farm and Ranch Laborer 201.029
Temporary Help Firm 201.030
Professional Employer Organization 201.041
General Definition of Employment 201.042
Service of Driver or Salesman 201.043
Location of Service 201.044
Service Under Reciprocal Agreement 201.045
Service on Vessel or Aircraft 201.046
Employment to Assist Employee or Agent 201.047
Farm and Ranch Labor as Employment 201.048
Service for Indian Tribe 201.061
Service Eligible Under Act of Congress 201.062
Service Under Arrangement with Agency 201.063
Certain Government Service 201.064
Domestic Service 201.065
Service by Relative 201.066
Religious Service 201.067
Rehabilitative Service 201.068
Service in Hospital 201.069
Service of Student 201.070
Service as Product Demonstrator 201.071
Service as Insurance Agent 201.072
Service as Real Estate Broker 201.073
Delivery Service 201.074
Service by Inmate 201.075
Service on Fishing Vessel 201.076
Included and Excluded Service in Pay Period 201.077
Service by Landman 201.078
Service by Nonresident Alien Agricultural Worker 201.081
General Definition of Wages 201.082
Exceptions to Wages 201.091
Total and Partial Unemployment 201.101
Conformity with Federal Statutes

Accessed:
Apr. 13, 2024

§ 201.041’s source at texas.gov

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Original Source: Section 201.041 — General Definition of Employment, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.201.htm#201.041 (last accessed Apr. 13, 2024).