Texas Resources

HR guides for Texas employers

Plain-language, cited guides on the Texas employment questions employers ask most — anchored in the Texas Labor Code and the Texas Workforce Commission, with the federal floor flagged where it controls. General HR information, not legal advice.

• Texas Guide · Updated 2026

  Texas Minimum Wage & Overtime

  Texas adopts the $7.25 federal minimum wage and the FLSA for overtime — 1.5× after 40 hours, no daily overtime, and local minimum wages are preempted.

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• Texas Guide · Updated 2026

  Texas Final Pay & the Texas Payday Law

  Final pay within 6 calendar days of discharge (next payday if the employee quits), pay-frequency rules, lawful deductions, and the 180-day TWC wage claim.

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• Texas Guide · Updated 2026

  Texas Workers' Compensation: The Non-Subscriber Choice

  Texas is the only state where workers' comp is optional — what a 'non-subscriber' gives up (the common-law defenses), the required notices, and the trade-offs.

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• Texas Guide · Updated 2026

  Texas Discrimination & the 1-Employee Harassment Law

  The TCHRA at 15+ employees, and the 2021 sexual-harassment law (SB 45) that reaches employers with one employee, adds individual liability, and gives a 300-day window.

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• Texas Guide · Updated 2026

  Texas Non-Compete Agreements

  When non-competes are enforceable under the Covenants Not to Compete Act (Marsh USA v. Cook), how courts reform them, and the new SB 1318 health-care limits.

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• Texas Guide · Updated 2026

  Texas At-Will Employment & Right-to-Work

  Strong at-will with only the narrow Sabine Pilot exception, the right-to-work rule, and the statutory anti-retaliation protections that still apply.

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• Texas Guide · Updated 2026

  Texas Ban-the-Box (HB 2466)

  The 2025 law that restricts when covered employers can ask about criminal history — what changed, who's covered, the exceptions, and how to adjust your application.

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• Texas Guide · Updated 2026

  Texas New-Hire Onboarding Checklist

  Forms, new-hire reporting within 20 days, required postings, no state income-tax form (federal withholding only), and the policies a Texas handbook should carry.

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