Sec. 21.258. INJUNCTION; EQUITABLE RELIEF. (a) On finding that a respondent engaged in an unlawful employment practice as alleged in a complaint, a court may:
(1) prohibit by injunction the respondent from engaging in an unlawful employment practice; and
(2) order additional equitable relief as may be appropriate.
(b) Additional equitable relief may include:
(1) hiring or reinstating with or without back pay;
(2) upgrading an employee with or without pay;
(3) admitting to or restoring union membership;
(4) admitting to or participating in a guidance program, apprenticeship, or on-the-job training or other training or retraining program, using objective job-related criteria in admitting an individual to a program;
(5) reporting on the manner of compliance with the terms of a final order issued under this chapter; and
(6) paying court costs.
(c) Liability under a back pay award may not accrue for a date more than two years before the date a complaint is filed with the commission. Interim earnings, workers' compensation benefits, and unemployment compensation benefits received operate to reduce the back pay otherwise allowable.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Protection of Laborers
Subtitle A - Employment Discrimination
Chapter 21 - Employment Discrimination
Subchapter F. Judicial Enforcement
Section 21.251. Civil Action by Commission
Section 21.252. Notice of Complainant's Right to File Civil Action
Section 21.253. Expedited Notice of Complainant's Right to File Civil Action
Section 21.254. Civil Action by Complainant
Section 21.255. Commission's Intervention in Civil Action by Complainant
Section 21.256. Statute of Limitations
Section 21.257. Assignment to Early Hearing
Section 21.258. Injunction; Equitable Relief
Section 21.2585. Compensatory and Punitive Damages
Section 21.259. Attorney's Fees; Costs
Section 21.260. Relief for Disabled Employee or Applicant