Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code Section 122.003
Defense

(a)

It is a defense to an action brought under this chapter that the employer’s circumstances changed while the employee served as a juror or grand juror so that reemployment was impossible or unreasonable.

(b)

To establish a defense under this section, an employer must prove that the termination of employment was because of circumstances other than the employee’s service as a juror or grand juror.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 442, Sec. 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.

Amended by:

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 356 (H.B. 504), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.