Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

The Attorney General of Texas March 17, 1978 JOHN L. HILL Attorney General Mrs. Mary E. Evins, C.E.C. Opinion No. H-1138 Chairwoman Texas Private Employment Agency Re: Application of the Texas Regulatory Board semimonthly pay law to earned Box 12157 commissions. Austin, Texas 787ll Dear Mrs. Evins: You explain that many employees in private employment agencies are paid on a commission basis, and ask: Are commission payments which were previously earned and are due and owing to an employee considered “wages” and therefore covered by the provisions of the Texas Semimonthly Pay Law . . .? In…