Tex. Lab. Code § 21.142 · Subchapter C-1. SEXUAL HARASSMENT

UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE.

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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

An employer commits an unlawful employment practice if sexual harassment of an employee occurs and the employer or the employer's agents or supervisors:

(1) know or should have known that the conduct constituting sexual harassment was occurring; and

(2) fail to take immediate and appropriate corrective action.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 172 (S.B. 45), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.21.htm
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