Jenny Nguyen’s Legal Blog

You are discriminated against based on your disability if the discrimination is because of disability or on the basis of disability.  This provision applies only to discrimination because of or on the basis of a physical or mental condition that does not impair an individual’s ability to reasonably perform a job.
Sexual discrimination refers to discrimination because […]

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Discrimination based on religion:
Discrimination because of religion or on the basis of religion applies to discrimination because of or on the basis of any aspect of religious observance, practice, or belief, unless an employer demonstrates that the employer is unable reasonably to accommodate the religious observance or practice of an employee or applicant without undue […]

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Important age discrimination provisions are found in Sections 21.054, 21. 101 and 21.104 of the Texas Labor Code.   
The provisions of the Texas Labor Code dictate that discrimination due to age or on the basis of age apply only to discrimination against an individual 40 years of age or older.
However, an employer does not commit an unlawful employment practice […]

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Section 21.051 of the Texas Labor Code states that an employer discriminates and commits an unlawful employment practice because of race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, or age.
 Situations where an employer discriminates are when the employer:
(1)  fails or refuses to hire an individual, discharges an individual, or discriminates in any other manner against an individual […]

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Chapter 21 of the Texas Labor Code states that “Disability” means, with respect to an individual, a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits at least one major life activity of that individual, a record of such an impairment, or being regarded as having such an impairment. 
The term does not include:
(A)  a current condition of […]

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