Texas § 21.115 BUSINESS NECESSITY.

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§ 21.115 — BUSINESS NECESSITY.

Texas § 21.115

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Bluebook

Tex. Labor Code Code Ann. § 21.115 (2026).

Text

Sec. 21.115. BUSINESS NECESSITY.

(a)Subject to Subsection (b), an employer does not commit an unlawful employment practice by engaging in a practice that has a discriminatory effect and that would otherwise be prohibited by this chapter if the employer establishes that the practice:

(1)is not intentionally devised or operated to contravene the prohibitions of this chapter; and

(2)is justified by business necessity.

(b)An employer may not use a qualification standard, employment test, or other selection criterion based on an individual's uncorrected vision unless the standard, test, or criterion is consistent with business necessity and job-related for the position to which the standard, test, or criterion applies.

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Sec. 21.115. BUSINESS NECESSITY. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), an employer does not commit an unlawful employment practice by engaging in a practice that has a discriminatory effect and that would otherwise be prohibited by this chapter if the employer establishes that the practice:
(1) is not intentionally devised or operated to contravene the prohibitions of this chapter; and
(2) is justified by business necessity.
(b) An employer may not use a qualification standard, employment test, or other selection criterion based on an individual's uncorrected vision unless the standard, test, or criterion is consistent with business necessity and job-related for the position to which the standard, test, or criterion applies.

Legislative History

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 337 (H.B. 978 ), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2009.