Texas Labor Code

§ 401.012 — DEFINITION OF EMPLOYEE

LA § 401.012Title 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION · Part A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT · Ch. 401. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Art. B. DEFINITIONS

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(a)In this subtitle, "employee" means each person in the service of another under a contract of hire, whether express or implied, or oral or written.

(b)The term "employee" includes:

(1)an employee employed in the usual course and scope of the employer's business who is directed by the employer temporarily to perform services outside the usual course and scope of the employer's business;

(2)a person, other than an independent contractor or the employee of an independent contractor, who is engaged in construction, remodeling, or repair work for the employer at the premises of the employer; and

(3)a person who is a trainee under the Texans Work program established under Chapter 308.

(c)The term "employee" does not include:

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Legislative history

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 456, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.