Employment law in United States — Texas | Esheria Regulatory Atlas

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Employment law in United States — Texas

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

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  • United States — Texas

    Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 72.054

    1 provisions

    This section limits how a claimant can present negligence evidence in a bifurcated trial against an employer defendant involving a commercial motor vehicle, but it preserves certain evidence and claims.

  • United States — Texas

    Labor Code § 21.058

    1 provisions

    An employer, labor union, or employment agency may not willfully obstruct or prevent someone from complying with this chapter or related rules or orders.

  • United States — Texas

    Insurance Code § 1508.151

    1 provisions

    A health benefit plan issuer must get a small employer’s written certification at initial application and again before renewal, and may ask for supporting documentation.

  • United States — Texas

    Labor Code § 61.014

    1 provisions

    An employer must pay final wages in full after employment ends, with different deadlines for discharge and voluntary departure.

  • United States — Texas

    Labor Code § 22.001

    1 provisions

    This section defines several terms used in the chapter, including disaster, emergency evacuation order, emergency services personnel, employee, employer, and political subdivision.

  • United States — Texas

    Labor Code § 409.002

    1 provisions

    If notice of injury is not given as required, the employer and its insurance carrier are relieved of liability unless one of the stated exceptions applies.

  • United States — Texas

    Labor Code § 52.063

    1 provisions

    An employer and related persons are generally immune from civil liability for certain firearm- or ammunition-related incidents, except in cases of gross negligence.

  • United States — Texas

    Labor Code § 21.057

    1 provisions

    An employer, labor union, or employment agency must not wilfully interfere with the commission, its staff, or its representative performing duties or powers under this chapter or Chapter 461.

  • United States — Texas

    Government Code § 830.108

    1 provisions

    This section requires the retirement system and the comptroller to correct certain mistaken retirement contributions and related amounts, and requires an employer that made the error to fund the person’s participant account.

  • United States — Texas

    Family Code § 8.201

    1 provisions

    An employer required to withhold income under this chapter does not get notice before a withholding order or writ is issued, and the order or writ binds the employer even if the employer is not named.

  • United States — Texas

    Labor Code § 21.056

    1 provisions

    An employer, labor union, or employment agency may not aid, abet, incite, or coerce someone to engage in discrimination.

  • United States — Texas

    Health and Safety Code § 253.008

    1 provisions

    Before hiring, covered employers must check the employee misconduct and nurse aide registries; they also must do the same annually and keep a copy of the search results. They may not hire someone listed in either registry for abuse, neglect, or exploitation.

  • United States — Texas

    Health and Safety Code § 765.004

    1 provisions

    An employer may use received criminal history record information only for employment-suitability decisions and generally may not disclose it.

  • United States — Texas

    Labor Code § 204.021

    1 provisions

    Benefit charges are allocated to employers' accounts, including split allocation when a claimant had multiple employers in the base period.

  • United States — Texas

    Insurance Code § 1501.154

    1 provisions

    This section sets a minimum participation rule for small employer health benefit plans and lets an issuer decline coverage in some multi-plan situations.

  • United States — Texas

    Insurance Code § 846.151

    1 provisions

    A multiple employer welfare arrangement may exercise the powers listed in this section, including suing and being sued, keeping a seal, appointing officers and agents, adopting bylaws, operating in other places, and holding or transferring property, subject to the chapter.

  • United States — Texas

    Labor Code § 204.023

    1 provisions

    The commission must mail an employer a notice of the employer’s maximum potential chargebacks when benefits are first paid, if no initial-claim notice has already been mailed and the employer’s account may be chargeable.

  • United States — Texas

    Family Code § 51.116

    1 provisions

    An employer may not fire a permanent employee for attending a required hearing, and affected employees can seek return to work, reinstatement, damages, and attorney’s fees.