(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) in a form authorized by §61.016 of the Act; and
  (2) by a method authorized by §61.017 of the Act.
(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) the paycheck has been dishonored due to insufficient funds, a stop-payment order or any other reason attributable to the employer;
  (2) the employer has caused a direct deposit of the wages to be reversed; or
  (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.