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Texas Mandates Binary Sex Classifications: 5 Tips for Employers on Employee Data Collection and More

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Texas lawmakers recently passed a slew of bills affecting transgender and nonbinary individuals, and one in particular could have a huge impact on your workplace. HB 229 makes clear that state law will recognize only two...more

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The Next State to Regulate AI Will Be…Texas? What You Need to Know About The Newest State AI Law

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We bet most of you didn’t have “Texas will beat California to the punch to regulate AI in the workplace” on your 2025 bingo card – but that’s what just happened. State lawmakers just overwhelmingly passed the Texas...more

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[Webinar] The Changing Face (and Hair!) of Discrimination and Harassment Claims in Texas - September 20th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CDT

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The state of Texas is experiencing some Texas-size changes in discrimination and harassment law, including changes to where claims can be filed, who can sue whom, and what standards are used. Join Houston office managing...more

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Race-Related Hair Discrimination Is Now Prohibited in Texas

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act (Texas CROWN Act), which will go into effect on September 1, 2023. The Texas CROWN Act prohibits employers, labor...more

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Texas District Court Holds EEOC Guidance on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination Unlawful

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On October 1, 2022, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas held that Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) guidance addressing sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination in...more

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Texas Tackles Sexual Harassment by Placing Liability on Individual Members of Management

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Texas has taken aim at sexual harassment in the workplace. In a bold move by the Texas legislature, a new sexual harassment law (effective September 1, 2021) expands the definition of sexual harassment, heightens the...more

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Texas Makes Big Changes to Sexual Harassment Law

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As a result of two new Texas laws (SB 45 and HB 21), sexual harassment claims will now be treated differently than any other type of discrimination or harassment claim filed under state law. The new laws went into effect...more

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First Texas Court of Appeals to Follow Bostock Ruling

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Nine months after the United States Supreme Court's historic decision in Bostock, the Texas Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had to decide whether the interpretation of Title VII's language in protecting LGBTQ employees also...more

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