Tex. Labor Code § 21.059

This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 21.059, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.

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§ 21.059. DISCRIMINATORY NOTICE OR ADVERTISEMENT.

Official statutory text

(a) An employer, labor organization, employment agency, or joint labor-management committee controlling an apprenticeship, on-the-job training, or other training or retraining program commits an unlawful employment practice if the employer, labor organization, employment agency, or committee prints or publishes or causes to be printed or published a notice or advertisement relating to employment that:

(1) indicates a preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based on race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, or age; and

(2) concerns an employee's status, employment, or admission to or membership or participation in a labor union or training or retraining program.

(b) This section does not apply if disability, religion, sex, national origin, or age is a bona fide occupational qualification.

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