Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 40	SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
PART 20	TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 819	CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION
SUBCHAPTER C	EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY REPORTS, TRAINING, AND REVIEWS
RULE §819.24	Standard Employment Discrimination Training

(a) Each state agency shall provide its employees with standard employment discrimination training no later than the 30th day after the date the employee is hired by the agency, with supplemental training every two years thereafter. The Agency shall develop or approve the materials for use by state agencies in providing standard employment discrimination training.

(b) The minimum standards for the content of standard employment discrimination training shall include, but not be limited to, requiring participants to:

(1) identify an unlawful employment practice according to the Civil Rights Act;

(2) apply knowledge of the applicable laws by correctly identifying whether individual case studies would be considered violations;

(3) identify the protected classes under federal and state law;

(4) list a complainant's rights and remedies;

(5) identify the agency personnel to whom a complaint shall be addressed; and

(6) describe the general stages involved in processing a complaint.

Source Note: The provisions of this §819.24 adopted to be effective September 27, 2005, 30 TexReg 6065; amended to be effective June 16, 2014, 39 TexReg 4659; amended to be effective August 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 5559