{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-22.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 22.002","heading":"DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.","body":"An employer may not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against an employee who leaves the employee's place of employment to participate in a general public evacuation ordered under an emergency evacuation order.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 9.09(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS","SUBTITLE A. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION","CHAPTER 22. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION FOR PARTICIPATING IN EMERGENCY EVACUATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.22.htm#22.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"7641031ad7766f8f9977184976a94747d4aa67595311a8546caa0afd8d138049","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-22.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-22.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}