{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-502.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 502.021","heading":"WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR INSTITUTION EMPLOYEES.","body":"(a) The system shall pay benefits as provided by this chapter to an employee with a compensable injury.\n(b) A benefit under this section for an employee who is employed on less than a full workday basis may not exceed 60 percent of the employee's average weekly wage as computed under Section 408.042.\n(c) A benefit shall be paid weekly as it accrues directly to the person entitled to it unless the liability is redeemed as provided by this chapter.\n(d) In this section, \"average weekly wage\" has the meaning assigned to that term by Subchapter C, Chapter 408.\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.295, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION","SUBTITLE C. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 502. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE TEXAS A\u0026M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND EMPLOYEES OF INSTITUTIONS OF THE TEXAS A\u0026M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM","SUBCHAPTER B. COVERAGE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.502.htm#502.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"58568a503e87582a97e1f344799ddca4080958161c9b2391b085f3857d93c416","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-502.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-502.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}