Section 2306.064. Equal Employment Opportunities

TX Govt Code § 2306.064 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 2306.064. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. (a) The director or the director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to ensure 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) a comprehensive analysis of the department work force that meets federal and state guidelines;

(2) personnel policies, including policies relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and promotion of personnel;

(3) procedures by which a determination can be made of significant underuse in the department work force of all persons for whom federal or state guidelines encourage a more equitable balance; and

(4) reasonable methods to appropriately address those areas of significant underuse.

(b) A policy statement prepared under Subsection (a) must cover an annual period, be updated at least annually, 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.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.