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Tex. Lab. Code § 21.141

DEFINITIONS

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 172 (S.B. 45), Sec. 1, eff

In this subchapter:

(1) "Employer" means a person who:

(A) employs one or more employees; or

(B) acts directly in the interests of an employer in relation to an employee.

(2) "Sexual harassment" means an unwelcome sexual advance, a request for a sexual favor, or any other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature if:

(A) submission to the advance, request, or conduct is made a term or condition of an individual's employment, either explicitly or implicitly;

(B) submission to or rejection of the advance, request, or conduct by an individual is used as the basis for a decision affecting the individual's employment;

(C) the advance, request, or conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance; or

(D) the advance, request, or conduct has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.