87R10556 JSC-D
By: Morales Shaw H.B. No. 2972
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to unlawful employment practices with respect to
discrimination in payment of compensation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.202, Labor Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (a-1), a [A]
complaint under this subchapter must be filed not later than the
180th day after the date the alleged unlawful employment practice
occurred.
(a-1) With respect to an allegation of discrimination in
payment of compensation in violation of this chapter, an unlawful
employment practice occurs each time:
(1) a discriminatory compensation decision or other
discriminatory practice affecting compensation is adopted;
(2) an individual becomes subject to a discriminatory
compensation decision or other discriminatory practice affecting
compensation; or
(3) an individual is adversely affected by application
of a discriminatory compensation decision or other discriminatory
practice affecting compensation, including each time wages
affected wholly or partly by the decision or other practice are
paid.
SECTION 2. Section 21.258, Labor Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Liability may accrue, and an aggrieved person may obtain
relief as provided by this subchapter, including recovery of back
pay for the period allowed under this section, if the unlawful
employment practices that have occurred during the period for
filing a complaint are similar or related to unlawful employment
practices with regard to discrimination in payment of compensation
that occurred outside the period for filing a complaint.
SECTION 3. Sections 21.202 and 21.258, Labor Code, as
amended by this Act, apply only to a discriminatory compensation
decision or other discriminatory practice affecting compensation
that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.