1. (a) An employer has paid an employee's wages for purposes of the Act if the employer has delivered the wages to the employee:

   1. (1) in a form authorized by §61.016 of the Act; and
   2. (2) by a method authorized by §61.017 of the Act.

2. (b) An employer has not paid an employee's wages for purposes of the Act if the employee has received the wages subject to a third party claim because:

   1. (1) the paycheck has been dishonored due to insufficient funds, a stop-payment order or any other reason attributable to the employer;
   2. (2) the employer has caused a direct deposit of the wages to be reversed; or
   3. (3) the employer has taken other similar action to undo the payment of wages.

Source Note:The provisions of this §821.21 adopted to be effective June 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 5732.