{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-451.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 451.001","heading":"DISCRIMINATION AGAINST EMPLOYEES PROHIBITED.","body":"A person may not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against an employee because the employee has:\n(1) filed a workers' compensation claim in good faith;\n(2) hired a lawyer to represent the employee in a claim;\n(3) instituted or caused to be instituted in good faith a proceeding under Subtitle A; or\n(4) testified or is about to testify in a proceeding under Subtitle A.\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION","SUBTITLE B. DISCRIMINATION ISSUES","CHAPTER 451. DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.451.htm#451.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"7c1edc266d57266184636b44d0e9c9859e90a2a62419b586dadc6aa0b16c100f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-419.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-451.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}