Tex. Labor Code § 21.113
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 21.113, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 21.113. IMBALANCE PLAN NOT REQUIRED.
Official statutory text
This chapter does not require a person subject to this chapter to grant preferential treatment to an individual or a group on the basis of race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, or age because of an imbalance between:
(1) the total number or percentage of persons of that individual's or group's race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, or age:
(A) employed by an employer;
(B) referred or classified for employment by an employment agency or labor organization;
(C) admitted to membership or classified by a labor organization; or
(D) admitted to or employed in an apprenticeship, on-the-job training, or other training or retraining program; and
(2) the total number or percentage of persons of that race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, or age in:
(A) a community, this state, a region, or other area; or
(B) the available work force in a community, this state, a region, or other area.
(1) the total number or percentage of persons of that individual's or group's race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, or age:
(A) employed by an employer;
(B) referred or classified for employment by an employment agency or labor organization;
(C) admitted to membership or classified by a labor organization; or
(D) admitted to or employed in an apprenticeship, on-the-job training, or other training or retraining program; and
(2) the total number or percentage of persons of that race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, or age in:
(A) a community, this state, a region, or other area; or
(B) the available work force in a community, this state, a region, or other area.
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