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Texas Labor Code - Section 402.044. Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement

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§ 402.044. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY 
STATEMENT.  (a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee 
shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to ensure 
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 related to 
recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and 
promotion of personnel that are in compliance with the requirements 
of Chapter 21;
		(2)  a comprehensive analysis of the division work 
force that meets federal and state guidelines;
		(3)  procedures by which a determination can be made of 
significant underuse in the division 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 underuse.   
	(b)  A policy statement prepared under this section must:                      
		(1)  cover an annual period;                                                  
		(2)  be updated annually;                                                     
		(3)  be reviewed by the civil rights division of the 
Texas Workforce Commission for compliance with Subsection (a)(1);  
and
		(4)  be filed with the Texas Workforce Commission.                            
	(c)  The Texas Workforce Commission shall deliver a biennial 
report to the legislature based on the information received under 
Subsection (b).  The report may be made separately or as part of 
other biennial reports made to the legislature.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended 
by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 980, § 1.12, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  
Redesignated from V.T.C.A., Labor Code § 402.045 and amended by 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 265, § 1.007, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.

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