{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-21.0595","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 21.0595","heading":"DISCRIMINATORY LEAVE POLICY AFFECTING EMPLOYEE'S ENTITLEMENT TO PERSONAL LEAVE TO CARE FOR SICK FOSTER CHILD.","body":"An employer commits an unlawful employment practice if:\n(1) the employer administers a leave policy under which an employee is entitled to personal leave to care for or otherwise assist the employee's sick child; and\n(2) the leave policy described by Subdivision (1) does not treat in the same manner as an employee's biological or adopted minor child any foster child of the employee who:\n(A) resides in the same household as the employee; and\n(B) is under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 113 (H.B. 88), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS","SUBTITLE A. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION","CHAPTER 21. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION","SUBCHAPTER B. UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.21.htm#21.0595","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"311321aeb72fa86d528a11e6070843e5b7eca47b970a9319eb421645e50e944b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-21.059","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-21.060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}