86R8385 JSC-D
By: Minjarez H.B. No. 1061
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to mandatory arbitration as a condition of employment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Chapter 26 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 26. EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
Sec. 26.001. MANDATORY ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AS CONDITION
OF EMPLOYMENT. (a) An employer may not require an employee to sign
a mandatory arbitration agreement as a condition of employment
unless, on hiring the employee:
(1) the employer verbally reviews the agreement with
the employee; and
(2) the employer and employee sign an acknowledgment
that:
(A) the employer has reviewed the agreement with
the employee;
(B) the employer has answered the employee's
questions and concerns related to the agreement; and
(C) both parties understand their rights and
responsibilities under the agreement.
(b) The arbitration agreement and acknowledgment must be
provided to the employee in the employee's native language.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an employer requiring arbitration as a condition of employment
for an employee who begins employment on or after the effective date
of this Act. An employer requiring arbitration as a condition of
employment for an employee who began employment before that date is
governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.