Texas Statutes
Subchapter C. Personnel
Section 2152.109. Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Sec. 2152.109. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY. (a) The executive director or the executive director's designated representative shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to assure implementation of a program of equal employment opportunity under which all personnel transactions are made without regard to race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin. The policy statement must include:
(1) personnel policies, including policies relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and promotion of personnel, that comply with Chapter 21, Labor Code;
(2) a comprehensive analysis of the commission's workforce that meets federal and state guidelines;
(3) procedures by which a determination can be made of significant underuse in the commission's workforce of all individuals for whom federal or state guidelines encourage a more equitable balance; and
(4) reasonable methods to appropriately address areas of significant underuse.
(b) A policy statement prepared under Subsection (a) must:
(1) cover an annual period;
(2) be updated at least annually;
(3) be reviewed annually by the Commission on Human Rights for compliance with Subsection (a)(1); and
(4) be filed with the governor's office.
(c) The governor's office shall deliver a biennial report to the legislature based on the information received under Subsection (b). The report may be made separately or as a part of other biennial reports made to the legislature.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.