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Employment law in United States — Texas

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. Every result links to its stored legal text and available official source evidence.

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• United States — Texas

  Labor Code § 301.070

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  The commission must post on its website a list of private employers that gave notice about a veteran’s employment preference policy.

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• United States — Texas

  Government Code § 659.126

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  Some former state employees and state-paid judges lose eligibility to receive benefit replacement pay after certain absences or retirement conditions.

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• United States — Texas

  Labor Code § 308.001

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  This section says the chapter is meant to involve employers in helping public-assistance recipients build job skills and get employment.

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• United States — Texas

  Labor Code § 21.141

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  This section defines “employer” and “sexual harassment” for this subchapter.

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• United States — Texas

  Labor Code § 93.002

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  A temporary employment service may not refuse an application or placement just because the person lacks a high school diploma or GED, unless that credential is required for the job or by the client.

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  Labor Code § 21.261

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  If an employer, employment agency, or labor organization does not comply with a court order under this subchapter, a party to the action or the commission may start proceedings to force compliance, if an aggrieved person makes a written request.

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  Local Government Code § 174.008

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  The chapter can be enforced against the employing public employer, and immunity is waived only as needed to enforce it.

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• United States — Texas

  Labor Code § 201.064

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  This section says “employment” does not include certain domestic service work in private homes, local college clubs, or local fraternity or sorority chapters, except when performed for an employer under Section 201.027.

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• United States — Texas

  Labor Code § 201.022

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  This section expands the meaning of “employer” to include certain buyers or recipients of another employer’s business or workforce.

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• United States — Texas

  Labor Code § 408.001

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  Workers’ compensation benefits are the exclusive remedy against the employer for a covered employee’s death or work-related injury, but exemplary damages may still be recovered in a qualifying death case.

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• United States — Texas

  Labor Code § 101.002

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  A person may peacefully and lawfully try to persuade another about employment choices, but trade union or similar members may not enter another person’s premises without consent.

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• United States — Texas

  Local Government Code § 146.002

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  This section defines “covered employee,” “employee association,” and “public employer” for the chapter.

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