Tex. Lab. Code § 408.144 · Subchapter H. SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME BENEFITS
COMPUTATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME BENEFITS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Supplemental income benefits are calculated quarterly and paid monthly.
(b) Subject to Section 408.061, the amount of a supplemental income benefit for a week is equal to 80 percent of the amount computed by subtracting the weekly wage the employee earned during the reporting period provided by Section 408.143(b) from 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage determined under Section 408.041, 408.042, 408.043, 408.044, 408.0445, or 408.0446.
(c) For the purposes of this subchapter, if an employee is offered a bona fide position of employment that the employee is capable of performing, given the physical condition of the employee and the geographic accessibility of the position to the employee, the employee's weekly wages are considered to be equal to the weekly wages for the position offered to the employee.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.1205, eff. September 1, 2005.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.408.htm
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Labor Code
- Tex. Lab. Code § 408.041AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE.Printed as Section 408.041, 408.042, 408.043, 408.044, 408.0445, or 408.0446
- Tex. Lab. Code § 408.042AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYEE OR EMPLOYEE WITH MULTIPLE EMPLOYMENT.Printed as Section 408.041, 408.042, 408.043, 408.044, 408.0445, or 408.0446
- Tex. Lab. Code § 408.043AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE FOR SEASONAL EMPLOYEE.Printed as Section 408.041, 408.042, 408.043, 408.044, 408.0445, or 408.0446
- Tex. Lab. Code § 408.044AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE FOR MINOR, APPRENTICE, TRAINEE, OR STUDENT.Printed as Section 408.041, 408.042, 408.043, 408.044, 408.0445, or 408.0446
- Tex. Lab. Code § 408.0445AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE FOR MEMBERS OF STATE MILITARY FORCES.Printed as Section 408.041, 408.042, 408.043, 408.044, 408.0445, or 408.0446
- Tex. Lab. Code § 408.0446AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE; SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE.Printed as Section 408.041, 408.042, 408.043, 408.044, 408.0445, or 408.0446
- Tex. Lab. Code § 408.061MAXIMUM WEEKLY BENEFIT.Printed as Section 408.061
- Tex. Lab. Code § 408.143EMPLOYEE STATEMENT.Printed as Section 408.143(b)
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