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Labor Code 214.008 on 3/4/2015 

	
					
Sec. 214.008.  MISCLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN WORKERS; PENALTY. (a) A person who contracts with a governmental entity to provide a service as defined by Section 2155.001, Government Code, shall properly classify, as an employee or independent contractor in accordance with Chapter 201, any individual the person directly retains and compensates for services performed in connection with the contract.
(b)  In this subsection, "subcontractor" means a person directly retained and compensated by a person who contracts with a governmental entity to provide a service as defined by Section 2155.001, Government Code.  A subcontractor shall properly classify, as an employee or independent contractor in accordance with Chapter 201, any individual the subcontractor directly retains and compensates for services performed in connection with the contract for which the subcontractor is retained.
(c)  A person who fails to properly classify an individual as required by Subsection (a) or (b) shall pay to the commission a penalty equal to $200 for each individual that the person has not properly classified.
(d)  The commission may not take action to collect a penalty under this section from a person after the third anniversary of the date on which the violation occurred.


Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 335 (H.B. 2015), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.