Tex. Labor Code § 21.115
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 21.115, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 21.115. BUSINESS NECESSITY.
Official statutory text
(a) Subject to Subsection (b), an employer does not commit an unlawful employment practice by engaging in a practice that has a discriminatory effect and that would otherwise be prohibited by this chapter if the employer establishes that the practice:
(1) is not intentionally devised or operated to contravene the prohibitions of this chapter; and
(2) is justified by business necessity.
(b) An employer may not use a qualification standard, employment test, or other selection criterion based on an individual's uncorrected vision unless the standard, test, or criterion is consistent with business necessity and job-related for the position to which the standard, test, or criterion applies.
(1) is not intentionally devised or operated to contravene the prohibitions of this chapter; and
(2) is justified by business necessity.
(b) An employer may not use a qualification standard, employment test, or other selection criterion based on an individual's uncorrected vision unless the standard, test, or criterion is consistent with business necessity and job-related for the position to which the standard, test, or criterion applies.
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