Work Hours Required For Salaried Employees

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. 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.