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Regulatory Topic
Popular Name or Short Title of Provision
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Coverage Code*

Child Labor

Age, Hours, and Related Standards
Compulsory School Attendance
Child Labor Law
​Compulsory School Attendance Laws
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Civil Rights

Fair Employment Practices
Employment Discrimination Law
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Health & Safety

General Workplace Sanitation
Other
Health and Safety Code (Sanitation and Health Protection)
Miscellaneous Labor Laws (Short-Handled Hoes)
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Housing

Farm Labor Housing Standards
Migrant Labor Housing Facilities Law
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Insurance & Compensation

Unemployment Insurance
Workers' Compensation
Texas Unemployment Compensation Act
​Texas Workers' Compensation Act
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Labor Contractors & Worker Recruitment

Other
Miscellaneous Labor Laws (Coercion of Employee Trade)
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Pesticides & Agricultural Chemicals

General Application Standards
Aerial Application Standards
Field Worker Safety Standards
Hazard Communication
Hazard Communication
Agriculture Code (Pesticide and Herbicide Regulation)
Agriculture Code (Aerial Pesticide Application)
Agriculture Code (Worker Protection)
Hazard Communication Act
Agricultural Hazard Communication Act
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Transportation

Farmworker Transportation Safety
Transportation Code (Motor Transportation of Migrant Agricultural Workers)
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Wages & Hours

Minimum Wage
Wage Payment and Collection
Agricultural Liens
Texas Minimum Wage Act
Payday Law
Property Code (Farm, Factory, and Store Workers' Liens)
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Coverage Codes
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A general labor law or employment standard that applies to agricultural and non-agricultural workers on substantially equal terms, or an agricultural provision that applies to virtually all farmworkers.

A general law whose agricultural coverage is substantially narrower than its non-agricultural coverage, or an agricultural provision that applies to only certain classes of farmworkers or under certain less-than-universal coverage criteria.
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A provision that is not applicable to agricultural employment.​

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