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Employment law in United States — Texas

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  • United States — Texas

    Health and Safety Code § 253.008

    1 provisions

    Before hiring, covered employers must check the employee misconduct and nurse aide registries; they also must do the same annually and keep a copy of the search results. They may not hire someone listed in either registry for abuse, neglect, or exploitation.

  • United States — Texas

    Health and Safety Code § 765.004

    1 provisions

    An employer may use received criminal history record information only for employment-suitability decisions and generally may not disclose it.

  • United States — Texas

    Labor Code § 204.021

    1 provisions

    Benefit charges are allocated to employers' accounts, including split allocation when a claimant had multiple employers in the base period.

  • United States — Texas

    Insurance Code § 1501.154

    1 provisions

    This section sets a minimum participation rule for small employer health benefit plans and lets an issuer decline coverage in some multi-plan situations.

  • United States — Texas

    Insurance Code § 846.151

    1 provisions

    A multiple employer welfare arrangement may exercise the powers listed in this section, including suing and being sued, keeping a seal, appointing officers and agents, adopting bylaws, operating in other places, and holding or transferring property, subject to the chapter.

  • United States — Texas

    Labor Code § 204.023

    1 provisions

    The commission must mail an employer a notice of the employer’s maximum potential chargebacks when benefits are first paid, if no initial-claim notice has already been mailed and the employer’s account may be chargeable.

  • United States — Texas

    Family Code § 51.116

    1 provisions

    An employer may not fire a permanent employee for attending a required hearing, and affected employees can seek return to work, reinstatement, damages, and attorney’s fees.

  • United States — Texas

    Government Code § 497.0595

    1 provisions

    A governmental entity may not enter into or renew a prison-industries contract if the board finds it would negatively affect an employer in Texas. The board must adopt rules for making that determination and must allow an aggrieved employer to submit a sworn statement.

  • United States — Texas

    Labor Code § 103.003

    1 provisions

    An employer may share job-performance information with a prospective employer if requested, but may not disclose protected conduct information about licensed nurses; affected nurses must be given a chance to submit a statement.

  • United States — Texas

    Labor Code § 201.076

    1 provisions

    This section says how to treat an individual’s service during a pay period as employment based on whether at least half, or more than half, of the period is employment or not employment.

  • United States — Texas

    Insurance Code § 846.255

    1 provisions

    A multiple employer welfare arrangement must get a written waiver from certain employees who decline coverage, and it must not provide coverage if it knows the employer pressured an employee or dependent to decline for health-status-related reasons.