Direct evidence is most helpful to a Texas workplace discrimination case. Examples of direct evidence may include: Written employment policies. Communications or witness testimony.
The Non-Discrimination Ordinance (NDO) provides protection from discrimination in the areas of city employment, city contracts and subcontracts, appointments to Boards and Commissions, housing, and public accommodation.
Legislators last year passed a law called the Texas CROWN Act that prohibits discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective styles associated with race. Protective styles include locs, braids and twists.
Discriminating against employees based on race, national origin, gender, color, ethnicity, age, or disability is illegal under the Texas Labor Code and various federal laws. Limiting diversity is bad for business in general. A diverse team can provide insight into the needs of a diverse customer base.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law in May a bill prohibiting race-based hair discrimination in Texas workplaces, schools, and housing policies. House Bill 567 — The so-called CROWN Act — takes effect September 1, 2023.
By law, all employers must: make sure they do not unfairly discriminate in any aspect of work. take steps to prevent discrimination. do all they reasonably can to protect people from discrimination by others.
Nonprofit does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.
Direct evidence often involves a statement from a decision-maker that expresses a discriminatory motive. Direct evidence can also include express or admitted classifications, in which a recipient explicitly distributes benefits or burdens based on race, color, or national origin.