The state laws listed below provide authority for some of the programs administered by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC).
TWC provides searchable, accessible Portable Document Format (PDF) versions of the most used sections of the Texas Labor Code. TWC updates these PDFs on September 1 every two years after the Texas legislative session ends.
Select sections of the Texas Labor Code, Title 2, covering Employment Discrimination, Payday law, Child Labor law, Minimum Wage law, and Work and Family Policies.
Subtitle A: Employment Discrimination
- Chapter 21. Employment Discrimination
- Chapter 22. Employment Discrimination for Participating in Emergency Evacuation
Subtitle B: Restrictions on Labor
- Chapter 51. Employment of Children (PDF version)
- Chapter 61. Payment of Wages (PDF version)
- Chapter 62. Minimum Wage (PDF version)
Subtitle D: Employee Benefits
Subtitle A. Texas Unemployment Compensation Act
Texas Unemployment Compensation Act, complete version
- Chapter 201. Unemployment Compensation Act — General Provisions
- Chapter 203. Financing and Funds
- Chapter 204. Contributions
- Chapter 205. Reimbursements
- Chapter 206. Unemployment Insurance Coverage
- Chapter 207. Benefits
- Chapter 208. Benefit Claims
- Chapter 209. Extended Benefits
- Chapter 210. Back Pay Awards; Lost or Misplaced Warrants
- Chapter 211. Reciprocal Arrangements
- Chapter 212. Dispute Resolution
- Chapter 213. Enforcement of Texas Unemployment Compensation Act
- Chapter 214. Offenses, Penalties and Sanctions
- Chapter 215. Shared Work Unemployment Compensation Program
Subtitle B. Texas Workforce Commission; Workforce Development; Employment Services
- Chapter 301. Texas Workforce Commission
- Chapter 302. Division of Workforce Development
- Chapter 303. Skills Development Fund
- Chapter 304. Counseling for Displaced Homemakers or Worker
- Chapter 305. Texas Career Opportunity Grant Program
- Chapter 306. Project RIO (Reintegration of Offenders)
- Chapter 307. Employment Service
- Chapter 308. Texans Work Program
- Chapter 309. Self-Sufficiency Fund
- Chapter 310. Child-Care Resource And Referral Network
- Chapter 311. Voluntary Workforce Training for Certain Students
- Chapter 312. Industry-Based Certification Advisory Council
- Chapter 313. Requirements for Providers of Relative Childcare
- Chapter 314. Texas Back to Work Program
- Chapter 315. Adult Education and Literacy Programs
- Chapter 316. Veterans Reemployment Education and Training Courses
- Chapter 317. Workforce Diploma Pilot Program
- Chapter 318. Tri-Agency Work-Based Learning Strategic Framework
- Chapter 319. Task Force on Consolidation of Workforce and Social Services
Subtitle C. Vocational Rehabilitation And Certain Other Services For Persons With Disabilities
Title 10. General Government
Subtitle G. Economic Development Programs Involving Both State and Local Government
Title 2. Department of Human Services and Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
Subtitle C. Assistance Programs
Title 15. Fair Housing Practices
Title 3. Higher Education
Subtitle G. Non-Baccalaureate System
