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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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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 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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