Tex. Gov't Code § 658.012 · Chapter 658. HOURS OF LABOR
AGENCY TELEWORK PLAN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A state agency that authorizes telework under Section 658.011 shall develop a plan that addresses the agency's telework policies and procedures. An agency telework plan must:
(1) establish:
(A) criteria for evaluating the ability of an employee to satisfactorily perform the employee's job duties while teleworking;
(B) performance standards that ensure a teleworking employee maintains satisfactory performance;
(C) a system for monitoring the productivity of a teleworking employee that ensures that the employee's work remains satisfactory and that the employee's duties remain suitable for telework; and
(D) appropriate physical and information security controls at teleworking sites;
(2) ensure that a teleworking employee is subject to the same rules and disciplinary actions as any other agency employee; and
(3) prohibit a teleworking employee from conducting in-person business at the employee's personal residence.
(b) A state agency that develops an agency telework plan under this section shall publish the agency's telework plan on the agency's publicly accessible Internet website.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1118 (H.B. 5196), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.658.htm
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