Tex.
Gov't Code Section 2054.032
Equal Employment Opportunity
(a)
The executive director or the executive director’s designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to assure 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 relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and promotion of personnel, that are in compliance with Chapter 21 (Employment Discrimination), Labor Code;(2)
a comprehensive analysis of the department workforce that meets federal and state laws, rules, and regulations and instructions promulgated directly from those laws, rules, and regulations;(3)
procedures by which a determination can be made about the extent of underuse in the department workforce of all persons for whom federal or state laws, rules, and regulations and instructions promulgated directly from those laws, rules, and regulations encourage a more equitable balance; and(4)
reasonable methods to appropriately address those areas of underuse.(b)
A policy statement prepared under Subsection (a) must cover an annual period, be updated annually and reviewed by the Commission on Human Rights for compliance with Subsection (a)(1), and be filed with the governor’s office.(c)
The governor’s office shall deliver a biennial report to the legislature based on the information received under Subsection (b). The report may be made separately or as a part of other biennial reports made to the legislature.
Source:
Section 2054.032 — Equal Employment Opportunity, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2054.htm#2054.032 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
