Bill Text: TX HB1061 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to mandatory arbitration as a condition of employment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-02 - Left pending in committee [HB1061 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1061-Introduced.html
86R8385 JSC-D | ||
By: Minjarez | H.B. No. 1061 |
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relating to mandatory arbitration as a condition of employment. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
adding Chapter 26 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 26. EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS | ||
Sec. 26.001. MANDATORY ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AS CONDITION | ||
OF EMPLOYMENT. (a) An employer may not require an employee to sign | ||
a mandatory arbitration agreement as a condition of employment | ||
unless, on hiring the employee: | ||
(1) the employer verbally reviews the agreement with | ||
the employee; and | ||
(2) the employer and employee sign an acknowledgment | ||
that: | ||
(A) the employer has reviewed the agreement with | ||
the employee; | ||
(B) the employer has answered the employee's | ||
questions and concerns related to the agreement; and | ||
(C) both parties understand their rights and | ||
responsibilities under the agreement. | ||
(b) The arbitration agreement and acknowledgment must be | ||
provided to the employee in the employee's native language. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an employer requiring arbitration as a condition of employment | ||
for an employee who begins employment on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. An employer requiring arbitration as a condition of | ||
employment for an employee who began employment before that date is | ||
governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date | ||
of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |