Phase 1 of 3 · Legal Hygiene
Texas new hire reporting
Texas employers must report newly hired and rehired employees to the state new hire program within twenty calendar days of the hire or rehire date.
Every hire and rehire starts a twenty day reporting clock.
In plain English
Employers send basic identifying and employment information so child support agencies can locate income and enforce support orders.
- What it looks like in business
- Payroll enrolls a returning employee and assumes that is enough, while the separate twenty day reporting clock has already started.
- Why it matters
- A payroll record alone does not satisfy the reporting duty, and missing rehires is a common small shop gap.
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Study this termWhere this comes from
Tex. Fam. Code § 234.101 et seq.
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Where it sits
Phase 1: Legal Hygiene
Stay legal without becoming a lawyer: the Texas and federal rules that still apply when the owner is the HR department.