Bill Text: TX SB65 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to unlawful employment practices regarding discrimination in payment of compensation.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-18 - Co-author authorized [SB65 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB65-Introduced.html
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| By: Ellis | S.B. No. 65 | |
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| relating to unlawful employment practices regarding discrimination | ||
| in payment of compensation. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 21.202(a), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) A complaint under this subchapter must be filed not | ||
| later than the 180th day after the date the alleged unlawful | ||
| employment practice occurred. 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 | ||
| practice is adopted; | ||
| (2) an individual becomes subject to a discriminatory | ||
| compensation decision or other practice; or | ||
| (3) an individual is adversely affected by application | ||
| of a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, | ||
| 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. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a discriminatory compensation decision or another unlawful | ||
| employment practice with regard to discrimination in payment of | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
