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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 § 62.156

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  An employer is exempt from this chapter for employment of a person serving in prison or confined in a local jail.

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• United States — Texas

  Health and Safety Code § 143.004

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  The board may suspend or revoke an employer's permit if the employer violates this chapter or the permit's requirements.

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• United States — Texas

  Labor Code § 21.102

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  An employer is exempt from unlawful-employment-practice liability for certain pay and employment terms under bona fide seniority, merit, benefit, or production-based systems, subject to age-discrimination limits and other exceptions.

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• United States — Texas

  Government Code § 657.003

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  State agencies must give qualifying individuals a military employment preference, and some qualified veterans get added test-score credits.

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• United States — Texas

  Transportation Code § 451.753

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  This section limits strikes and work stoppages by peace officers, allows meet-and-confer only if the association does not advocate an illegal strike, requires one bargaining arrangement to be selected by the chief executive officer or designee, and requires agreements to be written.

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• United States — Texas

  Labor Code § 204.007

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  Certain employers in listed agriculture categories must pay a contribution at the lowest applicable rate.

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• United States — Texas

  Labor Code § 415.006

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  An employer generally may not collect from an employee a premium or fee the employer paid to get workers' compensation insurance, except as allowed by Sections 406.123 and 406.144.

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• United States — Texas

  Labor Code § 406.002

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  An employer may choose to obtain workers' compensation insurance coverage, except public employers and as otherwise provided by law.

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• United States — Texas

  Labor Code § 302.014

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  The commission must give the Texas Education Agency quarterly employment and education-opportunity information, and the agency must pass that information to school districts.

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• United States — Texas

  Health and Safety Code § 76.052

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  A federally qualified health center may set participation rules and may require participating employers and employees to pay part of the cost.

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• United States — Texas

  Local Government Code § 142.152

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  This section defines three terms used in the subchapter: “Association,” “Emergency medical services personnel,” and “Public employer.”

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• United States — Texas

  Labor Code § 413.023

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  The division must give employers information that helps injured employees return to work.

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