Employment Discrimination - Texas Workforce Commission (2024)

Work Free of Discrimination

You have a right to work free of discrimination. This means that your employer cannot make job decisions because of your race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity) national origin, disability, or genetic information. Your employer also can’t discriminate against workers who are 40 or older based on their age. This right applies to all types of job decisions, including hiring, firing, promotions, training, wages and benefits.

Work Free of Harassment

You have a right to work in an environment free of harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, age (age 40 or older) or genetic information.

Complain About Job Discrimination Without Punishment

You have a right to complain about treatment that you believe is illegal job discrimination. Your employer cannot punish you, treat you differently or harass you if you report job discrimination or help someone else report job discrimination, even if it turns out the conduct was not illegal. We call this your right to be protected from retaliation.

Request Workplace Changes for Your Religion, Disability, or Pregnancy, Childbirth or Related Medical Conditions

You have a right to request reasonable changes to your workplace because of your religious beliefs, medical condition, or pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions. Although your employer does not have to grant every request, it should carefully consider each request and whether it would be possible.

Employment Discrimination - Texas Workforce Commission (2024)
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