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Texas Labor Code - LAB § 201.047. Farm and Ranch Labor as Employment

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Farm and ranch labor is employment for the purposes of this subtitle if the labor:

(1) is performed by a seasonal worker employed on a truck farm, orchard, or vineyard;

(2) is performed by a migrant worker;

(3) is performed by a seasonal worker who:

(A) is working for a farmer, ranch operator, or labor agent who employs a migrant worker;  and

(B) is doing the same work at the same time and location as the migrant worker;

(4) performed after 1986 and the laborer is employed by an employing unit that:

(A) pays wages in cash of $6,250 or more for the labor during a calendar quarter in the calendar year in which the labor is performed or the calendar year preceding that year;  or

(B) employs three or more individuals in farm and ranch labor for a portion of at least one day during at least 20 different calendar weeks of the calendar year in which the labor is performed or the calendar year preceding that year.

(b) Wages paid for services described in Subdivision (a)(1), (2), or (3) are included in determining the wages paid for the purpose of Subdivision (a)(4).

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