Bill Text: TX HB2972 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to unlawful employment practices with respect to discrimination in payment of compensation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to International Relations & Economic Development [HB2972 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2972-Introduced.html
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| By: Morales Shaw | H.B. No. 2972 | |
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| relating to unlawful employment practices with respect to | ||
| discrimination in payment of compensation. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 21.202, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (a-1), a [ |
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| complaint under this subchapter must be filed not later than the | ||
| 180th day after the date the alleged unlawful employment practice | ||
| occurred. | ||
| (a-1) With respect to an allegation of discrimination in | ||
| payment of compensation in violation of this chapter, an unlawful | ||
| employment practice occurs each time: | ||
| (1) a discriminatory compensation decision or other | ||
| discriminatory practice affecting compensation is adopted; | ||
| (2) an individual becomes subject to a discriminatory | ||
| compensation decision or other discriminatory practice affecting | ||
| compensation; or | ||
| (3) an individual is adversely affected by application | ||
| of a discriminatory compensation decision or other discriminatory | ||
| practice affecting compensation, including each time wages | ||
| affected wholly or partly by the decision or other practice are | ||
| paid. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 21.258, Labor Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) Liability may accrue, and an aggrieved person may obtain | ||
| relief as provided by this subchapter, including recovery of back | ||
| pay for the period allowed under this section, if the unlawful | ||
| employment practices that have occurred during the period for | ||
| filing a complaint are similar or related to unlawful employment | ||
| practices with regard to discrimination in payment of compensation | ||
| that occurred outside the period for filing a complaint. | ||
| SECTION 3. Sections 21.202 and 21.258, Labor Code, as | ||
| amended by this Act, apply only to a discriminatory compensation | ||
| decision or other discriminatory practice affecting compensation | ||
| that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
