{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-201.081","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 201.081","heading":"GENERAL DEFINITION OF WAGES.","body":"In this subtitle, \"wages\" means all remuneration for personal services, including:\n(1) the cash value of remuneration paid in a medium other than cash; and\n(2) a gratuity received by an employee in the course of employment to the extent that the gratuity is considered wages in the computation of taxes under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (26 U.S.C. Section 3301 et seq.).\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT","SUBTITLE A. TEXAS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT","CHAPTER 201. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT--GENERAL PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER F. DEFINITION OF WAGES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.201.htm#201.081","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"4eefbce8bad0f7ff6b4f7a778d27ab267fbfe96ef07d8be67e532ae7a0c73eab","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-201.078","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-201.082"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}