Sec. 815.212. EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. (a) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop an intra-agency career ladder program. The program shall require intra-agency posting of all non-entry-level positions concurrently with any public posting.
(b) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop a system of annual performance evaluations. All merit pay for retirement system employees must be based on the system established under this subsection.
(c) The executive director or the executive director's designee 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;
(2) a comprehensive analysis of the retirement system's work force that meets federal and state guidelines;
(3) procedures by which a determination can be made of significant underuse in the retirement system's work force of all persons for whom federal or state guidelines encourage a more equitable balance; and
(4) reasonable methods to appropriately address those areas of significant underuse.
(d) A policy statement prepared under Subsection (c) must cover an annual period, be updated at least annually, and be filed with the governor's office.
(e) The governor's office shall deliver a biennial report to the legislature based on the information received under Subsection (d). The report may be made separately or as a part of other biennial reports made to the legislature.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 791, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 8 - Public Retirement Systems
Subtitle B - Employees Retirement System of Texas
Subchapter C. Officers and Employees of Board of Trustees
Section 815.201. Presiding Officer
Section 815.202. Executive Director
Section 815.203. Legal Adviser
Section 815.204. Medical Board
Section 815.205. Other Physicians
Section 815.208. Compensation of Employees; Payment of Expenses
Section 815.210. Interest in Investment Profits Prohibited
Section 815.212. Employment Practices